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Shipwreck Dowser

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.07
EDHREC rank
#8618
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Shipwreck Dowser card art
Shipwreck Dowser enters, returns an instant or sorcery from your graveyard to hand, and in any deck that flickers or copies it, that trigger fires again and again. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 with no evasion — you're not playing it for the body, you're playing it because Ghostly Flicker and Orvar, the All-Form turn a single cast into a recursive value engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

37.5% of decks · synergy 0.35

Orvar, the All-Form copies Shipwreck Dowser every time you target it with a cheap cantrip, stacking multiple enter-the-battlefield triggers that recur whatever instant or sorcery you need most — the loop is self-sustaining once it gets going.

02
Kykar, Zephyr Awakener

Kykar, Zephyr Awakener

12.9% of decks · synergy 0.12

Kykar, Zephyr Awakener cares about casting noncreature spells, and Shipwreck Dowser ensures the best instants and sorceries keep cycling back from the graveyard to fuel that engine repeatedly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Shipwreck Dowser earns its slot in any blue deck built around enter-the-battlefield abuse, blink, or copy effects — 37% inclusion in Orvar, the All-Form decks is a real signal. Outside Commander, it's legal across every major format but sees essentially no competitive play; four mana for a 3/3 that retrieves one spell is too slow and fragile for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where cheaper and more resilient recursion exists. Pauper is the one fringe case worth watching, since the card is common and blink shells exist there, but it hasn't broken through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,840 decks
DisplacePeregrine DrakeShipwreck Dowser

DisplacePeregrine DrakeShipwreck Dowser

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite blinking; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Illusionist's StratagemPeregrine DrakeShipwreck Dowser

Illusionist's StratagemPeregrine DrakeShipwreck Dowser

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite blinking; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite untap of lands you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.07 bulk tier

At $0.07, Shipwreck Dowser is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'll pay for it individually. That price is stable; there's no pressure pushing it up, and any reprint would barely register.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.