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Merrow Wavebreakers

Creature — Merfolk Soldier

{1}{U}, {Q}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#29495
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Merrow Wavebreakers card art
Merrow Wavebreakers lands as a 3/3 flier that taps to give any creature islandwalk until end of turn — relevant evasion on demand, but stapled to a four-mana body that does nothing the turn it enters. Outside of dedicated Merfolk or islandwalk-matters builds, Myr Welder does more interesting things with activated abilities at a lower ceiling.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Merrow Wavebreakers sees essentially no play outside Commander, and even there it's a fringe inclusion limited to Merfolk tribal or islandwalk-stacking lists. In Pauper it's legal but unplayed — four mana for a 3/3 with a conditional evasion tap ability doesn't compete in that format's efficiency-driven environment. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card has no power-level footprint in either. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Merrow Wavebreakers needs a specific build — one that either cares about Merfolk creature types or is actively trying to push multiple attackers through via islandwalk — to justify the slot.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Merrow Wavebreakers is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in collections, not in singles orders. That price is stable by default; there's no demand pressure that would push it up, and no reprint risk that would push it down.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.