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Merfolk Looter

Creature — Merfolk Rogue

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#4363
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Merfolk Looter card art
Merfolk Looter gives you a repeatable loot every turn for two mana — the impact is real, but summoning sickness and the tap requirement mean you're waiting a full turn cycle before it does anything. In decks like The Locust God that reward every draw and discard, or Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer that wants a steady stream of cards hitting the graveyard, that delayed value is worth the slot; everywhere else, faster or stapled effects edge it out.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

57.8% of decks · synergy 0.56

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer turns every discard from Merfolk Looter into a free cast off the top of the graveyard, making the Looter a budget engine piece that fuels Oskar's ability on command.

02
Sefris of the Hidden Ways

Sefris of the Hidden Ways

41.3% of decks · synergy 0.38

Sefris of the Hidden Ways triggers venture into the dungeon the first time you discard each turn, so Merfolk Looter reliably advances dungeon progress while also setting up the graveyard for reanimation.

03
The Watcher in the Water

The Watcher in the Water

27.8% of decks · synergy 0.26

The Watcher in the Water wants as many Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents in hand as possible, and Merfolk Looter helps churn through the deck to find them while filtering away excess lands.

04
Minn, Wily Illusionist

Minn, Wily Illusionist

24.4% of decks · synergy 0.22

Minn, Wily Illusionist creates an Illusion token whenever you draw your second card each turn, so Merfolk Looter's looting pairs with any other draw effect to keep the token engine firing.

05
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

22.9% of decks · synergy 0.20

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist rewards you for attacking with creatures that have counters, and Merfolk Looter slots in as cheap card selection that keeps the hand full of threats and enablers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Merfolk Looter earns its slot only in decks where the discard is a feature rather than a drawback — looting for its own sake is too slow at one card per turn to justify the body. In Pauper, it has a longer history as a legitimate role-player in tempo and threshold builds, where consistent card selection at common rarity carries real weight. Legacy and Vintage have long since left it behind in favor of Brainstorm, Faithless Looting, and zero-mana cantrips, so it sees essentially no play there. It's not legal in Pioneer or Standard, which is irrelevant given the competition in those formats anyway.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Merfolk Looter is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for the physical card. Bulk commons this replaceable don't hold or gain value, but they also never become a financial decision worth second-guessing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.