Nema Siltlurker
Creature — Lizard
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #30353
Nema Siltlurker is a 5/5 for five mana with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no text beyond its size — a vanilla body that trades one-for-one with removal and accomplishes nothing else. In a format where five mana buys you actual game-changing effects, that's a hard pass.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nema Siltlurker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 5/5 vanilla at five mana competes against creatures that draw cards, tutor, or end games — it doesn't make the cut in any serious list. Pauper is the only format where raw stats at common occasionally matter, but even there, five mana is a lot to ask for a creature with no evasion or relevant text. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this card at any mana cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Nema Siltlurker is deep bulk — the kind of card that sits in a box and never gets traded for. There's no demand driver that would move this off the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.