Merfolk Traders
Creature — Merfolk
When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27262
Merfolk Traders enters, draws you a card, then replaces itself on the draw step — two bodies for one card at two mana, with no strings attached. It's a fine role-player in decks that want creatures in the graveyard or on the battlefield, but it's never the engine.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Merfolk Traders is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — the format's slower clock and singleton structure are where a 1/1 that cantrips can justify a slot. In Pauper it competes against a dense field of two-mana blue creatures that do more, so it rarely makes cuts. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 1/1 with a delayed draw trigger. The card's home is tribal or graveyard-matters Commander lists where the body counts as much as the card.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Merfolk Traders sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — it's a common with no competitive demand pulling the price upward. Grab as many as you need without a second thought.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.