Merrow Skyswimmer
Creature — Merfolk Soldier
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white and blue Merfolk creature token.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21595
Merrow Skyswimmer lands as a 4/4 flyer with islandwalk the turn it enters — that's real presence for four mana. The catch is the upkeep cost: return a permanent or sacrifice it, which pairs cleanly with Nim Deathmantle loops but is a liability in any fair context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Outside Commander, Merrow Skyswimmer is a curiosity — Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy all have four-mana creatures that don't threaten to sacrifice themselves every upkeep, so it won't see competitive play there. Pauper is its most plausible non-Commander home, where a 4/4 flyer is legitimately large, though the upkeep cost remains punishing without dedicated bounce support. In Commander, Merrow Skyswimmer finds its niche in Merfolk tribal and sacrifice-loop strategies where the return-a-permanent clause fuels synergies rather than draining resources. Islandwalk is quietly strong in a format where blue is the most-played color, and evasion that connects reliably matters more than it looks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarMerrow Skyswimmer
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Merrow Skyswimmer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. That price is stable; there's no spike catalyst coming unless a Commander precon or tribal support card suddenly makes four-mana islandwalking Merfolk essential, which isn't on the horizon.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.