Karoo Meerkat
Creature — Mongoose
Protection from blue
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #29142
Karoo Meerkat enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself by surveilling 2, then grows whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand — exile, graveyard, library. The cost is that without a consistent stream of non-hand casts, it stalls at a 2/3 with no further upside.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Karoo Meerkat has any real home, specifically in decks that repeatedly cast spells from exile or the graveyard — Prosper, Tome-Bound, Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, or any Izzet spellslinger shell that casts instants and sorceries off the top. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats, but no competitive shell there has any interest in a 2/3 that grows slowly and surveil 2 is not a reason to run a creature in those formats. Karoo Meerkat is a Commander-only proposition, and even there it only earns a slot if the deck is purpose-built to trigger it repeatedly.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Karoo Meerkat is bulk — you're not paying for it, you're sleeving it up from a trade binder. Bulk rares with narrow synergy requirements rarely climb, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.