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Sandbar Merfolk

Creature — Merfolk

Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Urza's Saga
Price
$0.15
EDHREC rank
#26741
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Sandbar Merfolk card art
Sandbar Merfolk is a 1/1 for one blue with islandwalk — the entire value proposition is cycling for one blue when it's useless, which is most of the time. The Abandoned Sarcophagus angle is the only context where that graveyard interaction becomes worth a roster slot.

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 legal
oathbreaker legal

Sandbar Merfolk is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive relevance is essentially zero everywhere except Pauper Merfolk tribal, where islandwalk can close games against blue-heavy opponents and cycling smooths draws. In Commander, Sandbar Merfolk fits Merfolk tribal builds piloted by commanders like Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca or Merfolk Sovereign, where the body counts for synergy triggers and cycling prevents it from rotting in hand against non-blue tables. Legacy and Vintage have strictly better one-drops at every axis, so it never sees competitive play there.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.15 bulk tier

At $0.15, Sandbar Merfolk is deep bulk — no demand outside tribal completionists is keeping it from being a quarter-bin staple. It holds that price floor reliably because there's no spike scenario that would move it.

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