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Robaran Mercenaries

Creature — Human Mercenary

Vigilance
This creature has all activated abilities of all legendary creatures you control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Dominaria United Commander
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#17102
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Robaran Mercenaries card art
Robaran Mercenaries lets you untap creatures you control by tapping legends, turning tap-to-steal effects into repeatable engines without paying additional mana. The cost is a legendary creature to tap each time — trivial when your commander is Merieke Ri Berit, punishing when it isn't, and essentially dead outside decks built around that constraint.

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Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit

26.3% of decks · synergy 0.26

Merieke Ri Berit steals a creature when she taps, then kills it if she untaps — Robaran Mercenaries lets you untap her immediately using Ioreth of the Healing House or another legend as fuel, turning one theft into a chain and converting your opponent's best creatures into a board state every single turn.

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 not legal
oathbreaker legal

Robaran Mercenaries is a Commander card in every practical sense — the legend-as-resource mechanic maps directly onto formats where your commander is always available as a tap outlet. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no meaningful play; the effect is too slow and parasitic for those formats' threat density. Commander is where the card lives, specifically in Merieke Ri Berit and similar untap-matters lists where tapping a legend is already part of the game plan. Outside those narrow shells, Robaran Mercenaries doesn't have enough raw power to justify inclusion even in casual pods.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Robaran Mercenaries is deep bulk — the price reflects how narrow the card is, not any hidden obsolescence. It holds that floor indefinitely; there's no broader demand to push it higher, but dedicated Merieke Ri Berit players should grab copies now before any reprint-driven scarcity makes even bulk cards temporarily harder to find.

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