Gurmag Angler
Creature — Zombie Fish
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for 
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- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #20943
Gurmag Angler is a 5/4 with no abilities that routinely costs one black mana — that's the whole pitch. In any deck that fills its graveyard fast, it's one of the most efficient threats available at its price point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pauper is where Gurmag Angler has done the most damage — it anchors Dimir and mono-black tempo shells as a one-mana finisher that demands a two-for-one to answer. In Legacy and Modern it still sees fringe play in graveyard-heavy shells, though Fatal Push and Unholy Heat keep a 5/4 with no protection honest. Commander is the weakest context: 40-life totals mean raw power-to-cost math matters less, and a vanilla body doesn't scale the way recursive or enter-the-battlefield threats do.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Gurmag Angler is pure bulk — widespread printings across multiple sets have kept it there. It holds no monetary upside, but the cost is so low that picking up a playset for Pauper or budget Modern brews is a non-decision.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.