Seafarer's Quay
Land
Blue legendary creatures you control have "bands with other legendary creatures." (Any legendary creatures can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other legendary creatures." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two legendary creatures you control, one of which has "bands with other legendary creatures," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $9.02
- EDHREC rank
- #25681
Seafarer's Quay taps to give a target Pirate creature +1/+1 until end of turn — a one-time, sorcery-speed buff on a land that replaces itself with nothing. It's a trap: you're paying a land slot for an effect so marginal it belongs in a draft reject pile.
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 |
Seafarer's Quay is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability aren't the same thing. In Commander, Pirate tribal decks occasionally toy with it as a budget land, but the effect is so low-impact that it's almost never correct over a basic Island. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — those formats demand lands that do something real or nothing at all. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the slot is just too valuable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Any basic Island outperforms Seafarer's Quay by simply not wasting a land slot on a negligible combat trick. If you want a utility land in Pirate tribal, Unclaimed Territory or Exotic Orchard both cost less and do meaningfully more — fixing your mana instead of nudging a single creature's power for one attack.
Price Context
Current price
$9.02 mid tier
At $9.02, Seafarer's Quay sits in mid-tier pricing driven entirely by Reserved List status rather than competitive demand. The price reflects collectibility, not playability — don't mistake scarcity for utility.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.