Merfolk Skyscout
Creature — Merfolk Scout
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, untap target permanent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23403
Merfolk Skyscout turns every tap ability into a free untap — land, mana rock, combo piece — and that effect on a flying body is genuinely dangerous in the right shell. The cost is a 2/3 for four mana that does nothing without support, so you're playing it because the synergy is broken, not because the statline is.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Merfolk Skyscout belongs — tap-heavy strategies featuring Fallowsage, Inspired creatures, or Kiora's Follower effects turn it into an engine that compounds every turn. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes in formats where a four-mana creature that needs setup is simply too slow to matter. Modern is the same story: the payoff exists, but the rate is too far behind the format's clock. Oathbreaker offers a narrower slice of the same Commander logic — if your planeswalker package runs tap synergies, the Scout earns its slot there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Merfolk Skyscout is deep bulk — no financial barrier to picking up copies whenever you need them. The price reflects casual demand only, so don't expect it to move unless a future combo piece breaks the untap trigger wide open.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.