Gulf Squid
Creature — Squid Beast
When this creature enters, tap all lands target player controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #26369
Gulf Squid taps all lands target player controls when it attacks — a one-sided soft lock if you can swing every turn. The cost is a 2/3 body for four mana with no evasion, which means it trades with a 2/2 token and never connects if the board is remotely contested.
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 |
Gulf Squid is a fringe card in Commander, where its tap-lands trigger is most relevant in stax or group-slug shells that want to deny mana at a specific moment — think combat-focused blue decks that can guarantee attacks. In Pauper, it's legal but too slow and fragile for any established archetype. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card does nothing at a competitive pace. Oathbreaker gives it a narrow window if your signature spell costs less than your opponent has open mana, but that's a narrow dream. Across every format, Gulf Squid is a casual card that does something interesting exactly once before dying.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Gulf Squid is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or a bargain bin, not a trade binder. That price will hold because demand is essentially zero outside niche casual builds; there's no competitive home waiting to spike it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.