Prickly Marmoset
Creature — Monkey
First strike
Whenever you cycle a card, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #22698
Prickly Marmoset is a vanilla 1/1 with reach for one mana — playable only in the narrowest of limited formats, and outclassed in every constructed context. There is no deck that needs this over a more efficient threat or utility creature.
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 |
Prickly Marmoset is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not a recommendation. In competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage, a 1/1 reach for one does nothing that matters. Pauper is the only format where a cheap body with reach occasionally earns a slot as a blocker against flying aggro, but even there Prickly Marmoset faces stiff competition from creatures that actually trade up or generate value. In Commander, 99-card deckbuilding demands that every slot do real work, and a 1/1 with no text beyond reach does not clear that bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Prickly Marmoset is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and rarely leaves it. That price reflects demand accurately, and there is no pressure driving it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.