Seasinger
Creature — Merfolk
When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
: Gain control of target creature whose controller controls an Island for as long as you control this creature and this creature remains tapped.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #20343
Seasinger steals a creature for as long as it stays tapped — persistent, board-warping theft that doubles as a political weapon. The cost is real: it needs an opponent to control an Island, which makes it a liability in non-blue-heavy metas, but in the right pod it outperforms nearly every other blue theft effect at this price point. Jon Irenicus, Shattered One turns the stolen creature into a gift, letting you donate it and keep the political chaos rolling.
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 |
Seasinger is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table guarantees at least one opponent running Islands, and the political leverage of holding a stolen creature for multiple turns is worth far more in a four-player game than a one-on-one. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially unplayable; those formats move too fast for a three-mana 0/1 that requires set-up conditions to do anything. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Seasinger occasionally surfaces, again only in blue-heavy metas where the Island clause is reliably satisfied.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Seasinger is bulk in every sense — easy to acquire, easy to slot in, and no financial risk if the meta turns out to be Island-light. Bulk mythics and reserved-list oddballs sometimes spike on Commander demand, but Seasinger is too niche to expect movement; buy it for the effect, not the price tag.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.