Furtive Courier
Creature — Merfolk Advisor
This creature can't be blocked as long as you've sacrificed an artifact this turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #25910
Furtive Courier is a two-mana 2/1 with skulk and a triggered ability that draws a card when it deals combat damage to a player — solid rate for aggressive or evasion-matters strategies. The floor is low if it gets chump-blocked forever, but in the right shell it punches above its cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Furtive Courier slots into decks that want reliable card draw stapled to a cheap evasive body — Dimir and Esper lists that run multiple skulk or low-power creatures get the most mileage out of repeated triggers. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy it's too fragile and low-impact to see serious play; a 2/1 that dies to every common removal spell is not where you want to be. Pioneer and Standard offer the friendliest home outside Commander, where aggressive blue-black strategies can exploit the card-draw trigger before opponents stabilize. Across every format, Furtive Courier is a role-player, not a centerpiece.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Furtive Courier is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Don't expect the price to move; it fills a narrow niche and supply is not going anywhere.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.