Merfolk of the Depths
Creature — Merfolk Soldier
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29706
Merfolk of the Depths enters the battlefield with flash and vigilance, giving you a blocker on your opponent's end step that untaps to attack — solid on-board presence for a six-mana creature. The cost is the problem: six mana for a 3/3 with no immediate effect beyond its keywords is a steep ask in any format where better options exist at every point on the curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Merfolk of the Depths is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Commander it has niche appeal in Merfolk-tribal builds under commanders like Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca or Sygg, River Guide, where the flash and vigilance at least interact with tap-synergy effects — but six mana is still a lot to ask for a 3/3 body with no enters-the-battlefield effect. In Pauper and Pioneer the card simply doesn't compete: creatures at this price point do far more. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Merfolk of the Depths sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no reason to expect that to change. Grab it out of a bulk bin if a Merfolk tribal build needs every body it can find, but don't go out of your way.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.