Lurking Crocodile
Creature — Crocodile
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $1.85
- EDHREC rank
- #24573
Lurking Crocodile is a one-mana 1/1 that can grow into a 3/3 with islandwalk — cheap to cast, but conditional on your opponents running Islands. Outside of blue-heavy metas, it's a vanilla beater that loses its ceiling entirely.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lurking Crocodile is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Pauper, where commons fight for every slot, a conditional islandwalk creature can't compete with the card efficiency available elsewhere. In Commander, Lurking Crocodile only pulls real weight in dedicated Simic or mono-green strategies where opponents are reliably on blue, and even then the ceiling is a 3/3 for one mana — fine, but not a reason to include it. Across formats, it's a bulk card with a narrow niche.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.85 cheap tier
At $1.85, Lurking Crocodile sits at the low end of the market — a fair price for what is essentially a bulk rare with a narrow use case. Don't expect the price to mean much; it reflects collector demand more than play demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.