Quagmire Lamprey
Creature — Fish
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29441
Quagmire Lamprey drains a creature of all its power and toughness counters whenever it deals damage to that creature — an effect that permanently cripples anything it touches, including commanders. The cost is that it does this slowly, through combat damage, which makes it easy to block, chump, or ignore in a format full of flying and tokens.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Quagmire Lamprey has any real conversation to be had — the ability to permanently nerf a recast commander or strip a voltron threat down to a 0/0 is at least conceptually interesting in a singleton format. In practice, a 1/1 for two black that requires repeated, unblocked hits to do its job rarely survives long enough to matter at any table with interaction. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card does nothing close to what those formats demand. Quagmire Lamprey is a niche consideration at best, and even in Commander it's asking a lot to slot a 1/1 into 99 slots on the hope it connects twice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Quagmire Lamprey is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand accurately. It won't appreciate unless some future combo or commander mechanic makes -1/-1 counter accumulation suddenly relevant, and there's no current reason to expect that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.