Mire Triton
Creature — Zombie Merfolk
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, mill two cards and you gain 2 life. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #5647
Mire Triton enters, mills two, and gains you 2 life — all on a deathtouch body that trades with anything in combat. The cost is that two-mana 1/2s rarely survive long, but in graveyard shells like Gisa and Geralf the mill is the point, not a bonus.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gisa and Geralf
Gisa and Geralf casts Zombies from the graveyard, so every card Mire Triton mills is potential fuel — hitting a Zombie you'd otherwise have to draw and play is pure upside.
Araumi of the Dead Tide
Araumi of the Dead Tide's encore ability copies creatures from the graveyard, making Mire Triton a cheap way to load the bin and trigger encore while leaving a deathtouch blocker behind.
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
Zul Ashur, Lich Lord rewards you for filling your graveyard with creatures, and Mire Triton checks both boxes — it mills itself into potential fodder and arrives as a creature that can be sacrificed or recurred.
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis costs convoke and delve, so early self-mill is premium; Mire Triton's two cards can shave a full turn off casting Hogaak by dumping creatures into the yard to delve away.
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Lurrus of the Dream-Den recurs permanents with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard each turn, which means Mire Triton becomes a repeatable mill-and-lifegain engine that refuels itself every time Lurrus untaps.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mire Triton is a Commander staple first — graveyard decks want cheap, self-replacing mill, and deathtouch on a two-drop means it's never a blank even when the graveyard plan isn't online yet. In Pauper it's a reasonable role-player in self-mill or aristocrats builds, though the format has more efficient common competition for the two-drop slot. Modern and Pioneer have the card legal but ignore it; constructed graveyard decks there want faster, higher-ceiling enablers. Legacy and Vintage are the same story — Mire Triton simply doesn't clear the power bar in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Mire Triton is deep bulk — you'll find it in any commons box or grab a playset for under a dollar. Bulk rares fluctuate; bulk commons like this one don't, and there's no pressure to pick it up in quantity beyond what your decks need.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.