Merrow Skyswimmer

Creature — Merfolk Soldier

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} 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
{3}{W/U}{W/U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
common
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#21595
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Merrow Skyswimmer card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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.

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Price Context

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.