Morcant's Eyes
Kindred Enchantment — Elf
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Create X 2/2 black and green Elf creature tokens, where X is the number of Elf cards in your graveyard. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #11917
Morcant's Eyes puts a meaningful stat bonus on the board for a low mana investment, and in Elf-tribal builds centered on Abomination of Llanowar it stacks directly on top of a commander that already scales with every Elf in the graveyard. The cost is negligible enough that it rarely competes for a spell slot — this is a free roll on a payoff that's already in your gameplan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar's power and toughness count every Elf in the graveyard, and Morcant's Eyes fits cleanly into that engine as a low-cost enabler that accelerates the board presence you're already building toward.
High Perfect Morcant
High Perfect Morcant rewards you for stacking Elf synergies, and Morcant's Eyes slots in as a cheap piece that pulls extra weight in a shell already built to maximize that payoff.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Morcant's Eyes earns its seat in Elf-tribal builds where the graveyard matters — it's not a staple across the board, but in the right 99 it's doing real work for almost nothing. Competitive non-Commander formats like Modern and Pioneer have higher bars for enchantments at this effect level, and Morcant's Eyes doesn't clear that bar outside of niche tribal builds. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it. Standard and Oathbreaker legality means it's at least available everywhere you'd realistically want it, but Commander is the only format where it consistently justifies inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Morcant's Eyes is bulk — you're picking this out of a common box, not tracking it on a buylist. Bulk tribal pieces at this price point don't appreciate unless the archetype spikes in competitive visibility, so buy it for the deck, not the collection.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Abomination of Llanowar
- High Perfect Morcant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.