Gomazoa
Creature — Jellyfish
Defender, flying
: Put this creature and each creature it's blocking on top of their owners' libraries, then those players shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #18321
Gomazoa blanks an attacker indefinitely — any creature that swings into it gets tucked back into its owner's hand, making it a repeatable soft-lock on a 0/3 body. The cost is that it never closes a game and demands a deck built to exploit the bounce, which is exactly what Cynette, Jelly Drover does.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cynette, Jelly Drover
Cynette, Jelly Drover generates value from jellyfish and creatures with defender, so Gomazoa pulls double duty as a defender that triggers her engine while repeatedly bouncing threats back to hand — stalling the board and keeping Cynette's ability live at the same time.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gomazoa earns its slot, specifically in decks that care about defenders, sea creatures, or bounce loops — outside that niche, a 0/3 that returns attackers to hand is too passive for a 100-card singleton format where board presence matters. In Legacy and Vintage, Gomazoa is legal but irrelevant; those formats end too fast for a defensive wall with no offensive ceiling to matter. Modern is the same story — three mana for a do-nothing blocker doesn't compete with the format's threat density. Gomazoa is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it belongs in a specific shell rather than as generic blue interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Gomazoa is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the deck calls for it. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate meaningfully, so treat it as a throw-in, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.