Fin-Clade Fugitives
Creature — Elf Salamander Rogue
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Encore 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21810
Fin-Clade Fugitives lands as a 3/4 with islandwalk and the ability to turn any Island you control into a draw trigger — meaningful stats plus built-in card advantage on a single card. The cost is four mana at sorcery speed, which means it competes hard for its slot in any blue deck that isn't dedicated to sea creatures or Merfolk synergy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fin-Clade Fugitives is a role-player in dedicated Merfolk or Simic sea-creature builds — it does enough on its own to justify the slot but won't make the cut in generic blue goodstuff decks. Pauper is where it competes most seriously: the card advantage on a bodies-matter common is genuinely above rate, and islandwalk is functional evasion in a format where Islands are everywhere. Legacy and Vintage lists have no reason to run it given the density of broken blue options available, but it's technically legal. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — synergy-dependent, strong in the right shell, irrelevant outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Fin-Clade Fugitives is deep bulk, and there's no pressure catalyst to move that number. Pick it up as a one-of for a Merfolk pile without a second thought — the financial risk is zero.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.