Merfolk Mesmerist
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
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: Target player mills two cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #23854
Merfolk Mesmerist puts a mill-two trigger on every blue spell you cast, which compounds fast in dedicated mill decks but does essentially nothing in any other context. Two mana for a 1/2 body is an acceptable rate only if you're building around the ability — otherwise it's a vanilla creature.
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 |
In Commander, Merfolk Mesmerist belongs in dedicated mill decks where you're casting enough blue spells per game to mill a meaningful chunk of a 99-card library. Elsewhere in the format it's too slow and too small to matter. In Pauper, it's a fringe consideration for Dimir mill, though purpose-built mill payoffs at common are sparse. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the effect is far too weak for those environments. Merfolk Mesmerist is a Commander-or-bust card.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Merfolk Mesmerist is deep bulk — the price reflects a card with a narrow use case and no scarcity. It won't appreciate unless mill becomes a dominant Commander archetype, which isn't on the horizon.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.