Saprazzan Heir
Creature — Merfolk
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may draw three cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $2.13
- EDHREC rank
- #20802
Saprazzan Heir mills you for up to five cards when it dies, which is a meaningful payoff stapled to a 1/1 body for two mana — the ceiling is real, but the floor is a vanilla creature that trades with a 1/1 and does nothing. The mill trigger only fires on creature damage dealt to it, so opponents simply ignore it until they're ready, making Saprazzan Heir too fragile and too conditional to earn a slot in most lists.
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 |
Saprazzan Heir is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage don't want a two-mana 1/1 whose mill effect requires an opponent's cooperation. Commander is the only realistic home, specifically self-mill or graveyard-value strategies where filling the graveyard fast matters — Sidisi, Brood Tyrant or Muldrotha, the Gravetide shells might consider it. Even there, Saprazzan Heir competes with more reliable self-mill options that don't depend on an opponent choosing to attack into it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.13 cheap tier
At $2.13, Saprazzan Heir sits in the cheap tier but punches below its price for a card this narrow and conditional. It's a casual curiosity for graveyard brewers rather than a staple, so don't expect the price to climb.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.