Shore Snapper
Creature — Beast
: This creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #30690
Shore Snapper is a 2/2 Merfolk for three mana with landfall — whenever a land enters under your control, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn. The stat line is below rate and the buff doesn't stick, so Shore Snapper belongs only in dedicated landfall decks where you're consistently triggering it multiple times a turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shore Snapper is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander, it's a fringe inclusion — only Merfolk-tribal landfall decks with commanders like Tishana, Voice of Thunder or a landfall-heavy build can extract consistent value from it, and even there better options exist. In Pauper it's outclassed by virtually every other common creature at three mana. Legacy and Vintage don't want a 2/2 with a conditional end-of-turn pump under any circumstances.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Shore Snapper is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price reflects demand accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.