Murk Strider
Creature — Eldrazi Processor
Devoid (This card has no color.)
When this creature enters, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, return target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #24920
Murk Strider bounces a nonland permanent on entry for no extra mana — the effect is real, but a 3/2 body for four mana with no evasion is a bad rate in nearly every format. The only context where it earns a slot is when you're specifically exploiting enter-the-battlefield triggers repeatedly.
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 |
Murk Strider is a Pauper card first and foremost — in that format the bounce effect on a common body carries weight, and the competition for four-drop tempo plays is shallow enough to justify it. In Commander, the bar for a four-mana 3/2 with a one-shot bounce is high, and Murk Strider clears it only in dedicated blink or flicker decks that need redundant ETB bodies at the common slot. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have interaction so efficient that a four-mana sorcery-speed bounce strapped to a vanilla body barely registers. Oathbreaker follows Commander logic — playable in a blink shell, irrelevant otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Murk Strider is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Price stability is a non-issue; it will sit at this floor indefinitely unless a future blink synergy pushes common demand, which isn't something to plan around.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.