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Gudul Lurker

Creature — Salamander

This creature can't be blocked.
Megamorph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Dragons of Tarkir
Price
$0.65
EDHREC rank
#5326
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Gudul Lurker card art
Gudul Lurker is a one-mana unblockable creature, and that's the whole pitch — it connects every combat step and asks nothing of you beyond casting it. In Edric, Spymaster of Trest and Missy builds, that consistent damage trigger is worth more than any ETB effect you'd find on a comparable one-drop.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

53.9% of decks · synergy 0.53

Edric, Spymaster of Trest rewards every creature that deals combat damage to a player with a card draw, and Gudul Lurker's unblockable keyword means that trigger fires every single turn without negotiation.

02
Satoru Umezawa

Satoru Umezawa

48.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Satoru Umezawa gives every creature ninjutsu, and Gudul Lurker is the ideal ninjutsu enabler — one mana, guaranteed to connect, trivial to bounce back to hand and reuse as a ninjutsu vector the following turn.

03
Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host

38.8% of decks · synergy 0.37

Gudul Lurker's guaranteed damage trigger feeds directly into Vnwxt, Verbose Host's combat-damage-matters payoffs, and at one mana it's one of the cheapest ways to reliably slot into that engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Gudul Lurker sees essentially no play in competitive formats like Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where a 1/1 unblockable with no immediate impact can't compete with the power density of those formats' one-drops. Commander is where it lives, specifically in evasion-matters and ninjutsu strategies that need cheap, reliable damage triggers. Outside of those specific homes in Commander, it rarely earns a slot — the card does one thing, and you need a commander that rewards that thing to justify it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.65 bulk tier

At $0.65, Gudul Lurker is bulk — pick it up without hesitation if you're building an Edric, Spymaster of Trest or ninjutsu deck. It's a narrow role-player, so don't expect that price to move meaningfully in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.