Sea Scryer
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #14588
Sea Scryer taps to add one blue mana — a mana dork that doubles as a Wizard, which is the entire reason it exists. In any deck that cares about Wizards on the battlefield, that type line earns its slot; everywhere else, it doesn't.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Azami, Lady of Scrolls turns every Wizard into a draw engine, so Sea Scryer pulls double duty: it funds your spells and draws you a card each turn cycle, making it a reliable piece of the tap-outlet chain Azami decks want to assemble.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sea Scryer is a Commander card, full stop. In 99-card singleton, the Wizard type is payoff-dense enough — between Azami, Lady of Scrolls and other tribal synergies — that a mana-producing body has a real home. In Pauper it's technically legal but competes with Faerie staples and tempo threats that do more for one mana. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla one-mana blue tapper when fast mana exists. Play Sea Scryer in Commander Wizard builds; ignore it everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Sea Scryer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that it won't climb, but it also doesn't need to: if you're building Azami, Lady of Scrolls, you're paying less for this than a sleeve.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.