Silvergill Peddler
Creature — Merfolk Citizen
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #19739
Silvergill Peddler enters as a 2/1 and immediately freezes the most threatening creature on the other side of the table until it leaves — a tempo play and a blocker in one card. The cost is real: the lock breaks the moment Silvergill Peddler dies, so it punishes removal-heavy tables and rewards any shell that can protect its own creatures.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silvergill Peddler is a niche include — the tap effect on one creature rarely pulls enough weight in a four-player game where threats multiply faster than a single body can answer them, but it earns a slot in Merfolk tribal builds that want both the creature type and incidental disruption. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, it's too fragile and too conditional: dedicated control and tempo decks have better options at two mana, and anything that dies to a stiff breeze doesn't make those cuts. Pauper is the most hospitable non-Commander format, where the card pool is shallow enough that a 2/1 with an enters-the-battlefield lock effect has genuine standing in Merfolk or tempo shells. Standard legality gives it the widest theoretical audience right now, but the effect is too situational to see serious constructed play there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Silvergill Peddler is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for cardboard and shipping. It holds no financial value, but that also means there's zero reason to hesitate picking up a playset if a Merfolk or tempo build calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.