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Norritt

Creature — Imp

{T}: Untap target blue creature.
{T}: Choose target non-Wall creature the active player has controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn. That creature attacks this turn if able. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step if it didn't attack this turn. Activate only before attackers are declared.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Ice Age
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#22258
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Norritt card art
Norritt's entire value is a repeatable tap effect that forces an untap of a target blue creature your opponents control — which, in the right shell, translates to stealing that creature indefinitely through Merieke Ri Berit. Outside of that specific interaction, a 1/1 for three mana with no other text is a steep ask, and Ioreth of the Healing House does the untap job cheaper and more flexibly.

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Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit

14.4% of decks · synergy 0.14

Merieke Ri Berit taps to steal a creature and must stay tapped to keep it — Norritt's forced-untap trigger is one of the few ways to immediately re-arm Merieke without losing the stolen creature, turning a once-per-turn theft into a repeatable engine every time you can activate Norritt.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Norritt is a Commander-only card in practical terms. Its tap-to-force-untap ability is too narrow and too slow for Vintage or Legacy, where the Constructed card pool offers far more efficient ways to generate value. In Pauper it's technically legal but never sees play — common creatures at three mana have to do something immediately impactful, and Norritt's effect depends entirely on an opponent controlling a blue creature worth targeting. Commander is the one format where the effect finds a home, specifically in Merieke Ri Berit decks where the combo upside is real and the 99-card toolbox structure makes a situational one-of palatable.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Norritt is deep bulk — the price reflects its extreme narrowness rather than any supply issue. It won't appreciate unless Merieke Ri Berit decks spike in popularity, so buy a copy if you're building that specific shell and don't give it a second thought otherwise.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.