Marjhan
Creature — Serpent
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
, Sacrifice a creature: Untap this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.: This creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to target attacking creature without flying.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28364
Marjhan is a 8/8 sea creature that blocks fliers and can sacrifice them for damage, but the upkeep cost — sacrificing a creature if you don't control an Island — makes it nearly unplayable outside dedicated blue shells. Jon Irenicus, Shattered One is the clearest home, offloading donated creatures as fodder to keep Marjhan fed without spending your own resources.
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 |
Marjhan is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander it occupies a narrow niche in mono-blue or heavy-blue creature-sacrifice builds where the Island upkeep tax is trivially met and donated or recurred creatures cover the sacrifice outlet. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a nine-mana creature with conditional upkeep when faster, cheaper threats exist. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual context but the smaller deck size and faster games make Marjhan's setup cost even harder to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Marjhan isn't currently available through standard sources, which tracks for a card with near-zero competitive demand. If you're hunting a copy, expect to find it in bulk bins or old collection lots for well under a dollar.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.