Prismwake Merrow
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Flash
When this creature enters, target permanent becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29425
Prismwake Merrow enters the battlefield and immediately changes the color of target permanent — a repeatable-feeling effect stapled to a two-mana 1/1 merfolk body that costs next to nothing in dollars or opportunity. The tap-to-recolor ability is the whole game here, and Seedcradle Witch shows exactly the kind of partner that makes it worthwhile: synergies that care about color identity on the board reward Prismwake Merrow's precision.
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 |
Prismwake Merrow is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the honest answer is that Commander is its only real home. In Pauper it's a fringe consideration for merfolk builds that need color-manipulation utility, but a 1/1 with a tap ability competes poorly for slots in a format where every card needs to pull serious weight. Legacy and Vintage don't want Prismwake Merrow at all — the effect is too narrow and the body too fragile. Commander is where the card finds breathing room: multiplayer games reward niche permanents-matter payoffs, and a cheap merfolk with a color-altering ability slots cleanly into tribal or enchantment-heavy shells that care what color their creatures are.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Seedcradle WitchBloom TenderPrismwake Merrow
Infinite black mana; Infinite blue mana; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite red mana; Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
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Seedcradle WitchFaeburrow ElderPrismwake Merrow
Infinite black mana; Infinite blue mana; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite red mana; Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
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Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Prismwake Merrow is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price isn't going anywhere; demand is too low and supply too high for any trajectory other than flat.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.