Merry-Go-Round
Artifact — Attraction
Visit — Creatures you control with power 2 or less gain horsemanship until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #31049
Merry-Go-Round is a Commander-only card with no presence in any other sanctioned format, which makes evaluating its raw impact the only thing that matters. What it does on board determines whether it earns a slot, and at its cost it either pulls its weight or it doesn't — there's no cross-format prestige propping it up.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | not legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | not legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | banned |
Merry-Go-Round is legal in exactly one format: Commander. It's not legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, or Pauper, and it's outright banned in Oathbreaker. That ban is the one restriction worth naming — Oathbreaker's tighter resource constraints and faster clock make the effect dangerous enough that it got the axe. Commander gives it a pass because the singleton rule, 100-card dilution, and four-player table dynamics spread out the impact in ways that Oathbreaker's two-player, 20-life structure simply doesn't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Merry-Go-Round sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for the effect, not the card. Bulk rares and oddities at this price point rarely climb unless a format shift or combo discovery drives demand, so pick it up cheap if it fits your build and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.