Manta Riders
Creature — Merfolk
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #27923
Manta Riders is a 1/1 islandwalker for one blue mana — a negligible body that demands an Island-heavy opponent to do anything relevant. It sees play only in the narrowest tribal or islandwalk-matters builds, and even there it's close to the bottom of the pile.
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 |
Manta Riders is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that legal status doesn't translate to meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, islandwalk is a conditional evasion keyword that blanks entirely against non-blue opponents, making Manta Riders a dead card in a third or more of games at a typical table. Pauper is its most plausible home — blue aggro shells exist there — but a 1/1 for one without any additional text doesn't clear the bar even at common. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla 1/1.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Manta Riders is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box at the bottom of a vendor's table. That price won't move; there's no spike scenario for a conditional 1/1 with no secondary market demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.