Murk Dwellers
Creature — Zombie
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of combat.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Introductory Two-Player Set
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30583
Murk Dwellers is a four-mana 2/3 that gets +2/+0 on attack when a creature died under your control last turn — conditional, slow, and well below the power floor modern Commander demands. There are better attackers at two mana; this one rarely earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Murk Dwellers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth overstates its relevance. In Commander, a vanilla-adjacent 2/3 for four with a delayed, conditional pump is nowhere near competitive with the creature options available at that slot. Pauper is the one format where commons get real scrutiny, but even there Murk Dwellers can't clear the bar — the format's aggressive and midrange decks demand immediate impact, not a bonus that requires a dead creature from the previous turn. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a card this slow.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Murk Dwellers isn't currently available, but as an obscure common with negligible competitive or casual demand, copies typically turn up in bulk bins for pennies. There's no competitive or Commander case that would pressure that price upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.