Shoreline Salvager
Creature — Surrakar
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you control an Island, you may draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30855
Shoreline Salvager draws you a card every time you play an Island, which in the right shell means you're refueling your hand as a natural byproduct of hitting land drops. The cost is the color restriction — this only pays off if you're running enough basic Islands or Island-typed duals to trigger it consistently.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Shoreline Salvager actually does work, specifically in mono-blue or heavy-blue decks that run a high density of basic Islands and want cheap, passive card draw. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal but irrelevant — competitive builds in those formats don't play this effect at any price. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: viable only if the signature spell and gameplan lean hard into Island-heavy mana bases.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Shoreline Salvager is pure bulk — no barrier to picking up a playset. Bulk rares with narrow tribal or land-type triggers rarely move unless a new commander pushes the synergy hard, so don't expect this to be anything other than a cheap include for the decks that want it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.