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Sailors' Bane

Creature — Dragon Turtle

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card you own in exile and in your graveyard that's an instant card, a sorcery card, or a card that has an Adventure.
Ward {4} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.)

CMC
9
Mana cost
{7}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#13876
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Sailors' Bane card art
Sailors' Bane is a massive trampling threat that arrives for free whenever you cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater — the cost is card slot, not mana. Commanders like Brinelin, the Moon Kraken and Beluna Grandsquall trigger it naturally, making it a zero-effort body in any big-spell strategy.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Beluna Grandsquall

20.3% of decks · synergy 0.20

Beluna Grandsquall's ability to cast venture spells repeatedly from the top of the library generates a constant stream of high-mana-value triggers, and Sailors' Bane turns each of those into a free 8/8 with trample on the battlefield.

02
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

19.3% of decks · synergy 0.19

Gorion, Wise Mentor augments spells cast from exile and regularly fires off high-cost effects, which means Sailors' Bane lands as a free attacker alongside whatever Gorion is already doing — no tempo cost required.

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

Sailors' Bane lives almost exclusively in Commander, where big-spell decks are common and a free 8/8 trample can close games. It's legal in Legacy and Vintage but has no competitive footprint there — the condition of casting a 6+ mana value spell is too slow for those formats, and better threats exist at every price point. In Commander it's a clean include for any deck reliably casting expensive spells, since the creature costs nothing beyond the card slot and applies immediate board pressure.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Sailors' Bane is bulk — grab it out of a dollar box or throw it in any order without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely climb in price, so treat it as a pure utility pickup and move on.

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