Sewer Shambler
Creature — Zombie
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Scavenge 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22886
Sewer Shambler is a three-mana 2/2 with swampwalk and scavenge — fine stats for Limited, not enough for Constructed. The scavenge cost is prohibitively expensive at five mana, and swampwalk only matters if your opponent is already on black.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sewer Shambler is a bulk common that sees essentially no play outside of Limited, where swampwalk and a late-game scavenge trigger are occasionally relevant. In Commander, a 2/2 for three with a conditional evasion ability is nowhere near the power floor — every black deck can find stronger three-drops, and swampwalk is nearly useless in a four-player pod unless you're targeting a specific mono-black pilot. Pauper is the one format where Sewer Shambler could theoretically exist, but the scavenge cost is too steep and the body too small to justify a slot over basically any other common threat.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Sewer Shambler is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder filler pile. That price reflects its play rate accurately, and there's no realistic demand driver that would move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.