Squee's Toy
Artifact
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #18887
Squee's Toy lets you pay one mana to target a creature, which is almost entirely useless — unless Horobi, Death's Wail is on the battlefield, at which point it becomes a one-mana instant-speed creature kill with no additional cost beyond the activation. Outside that specific shell, it does nothing that matters.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Horobi, Death's Wail
Horobi, Death's Wail turns any targeting effect into a death sentence, and Squee's Toy is the cheapest repeatable targeting activation in the format — one mana, no tap, kills any creature on the board as many times per turn as you have mana to spend.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Squee's Toy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its relevance is essentially Commander-only and narrowly within that. In Legacy and Vintage, a one-mana do-nothing artifact with no immediate board impact doesn't clear the bar for inclusion in any competitive shell. Pauper is the one place you might imagine creative uses, but the format lacks Horobi, Death's Wail entirely, and the Toy's baseline effect — pay one, target a creature, nothing happens — doesn't generate value in any known archetype. In Commander, Squee's Toy is a one-card engine piece in Horobi lists and a cut candidate in everything else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Squee's Toy is bulk by any measure, which is about right for a card with one meaningful application in one Commander deck. It won't appreciate — supply is deep and demand is narrow — but if you're building Horobi, Death's Wail, it's a mandatory pickup at essentially no cost.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.