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Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant

Legendary Creature — Moogle

Lifelink
{2}, {T}: Target opponent gains control of another target permanent you control. If they do, you draw a card.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Final Fantasy
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7678
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Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant card art
Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant lets you donate dangerous permanents to opponents — most famously Demonic Pact once you've used three of its modes — turning a liability into a political weapon or a win condition. The cost is real: you're building around a creature that needs setup and protection, but the payoff in the right shell is a repeatable threat that opponents have to answer instead of you.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mog, Moogle Warrior

Mog, Moogle Warrior

75.8% of decks · synergy 0.73

Mog, Moogle Warrior is the most natural home for Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant because both cards share the Moogle creature type, letting Mog's tribal synergies extend directly to Stiltzkin's gifting game plan. Nearly 76% of Mog decks run Stiltzkin, which signals this is less a tech inclusion and more a core piece.

02
Zidane, Tantalus Thief

Zidane, Tantalus Thief

73.0% of decks · synergy 0.70

Zidane, Tantalus Thief thrives on moving permanents around, and Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant adds a proactive gifting axis that complements Zidane's theft-and-donate loop cleanly. The 73% inclusion rate confirms Stiltzkin is a staple here, not a fringe pick.

03
Iroh, Tea Master

Iroh, Tea Master

70.3% of decks · synergy 0.68

Iroh, Tea Master rewards donating beneficial effects to opponents to generate value, and Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant fits that philosophy while also enabling the more predatory cursed-gift lines. The 70% inclusion rate shows Stiltzkin covers both the friendly and hostile ends of Iroh's range.

04
Zedruu the Greathearted

Zedruu the Greathearted

45.5% of decks · synergy 0.44

Zedruu the Greathearted has been the premier donate commander for years, and Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant slots in as another vehicle for handing off enchantments and cursed permanents you no longer want. The 45% inclusion rate is lower than the Moogle-specific commanders, but that's still nearly half of all Zedruu decks treating Stiltzkin as a legitimate include.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it's a Commander card through and through. Constructed formats don't have a reliable donate shell at competitive speed, and three-mana creatures with conditional payoffs don't survive long enough in Legacy or Vintage to do meaningful work. Commander is where the 100-card singleton format and multiplayer politics make gifting permanents genuinely powerful — handing a Demonic Pact to an opponent across the table is a threat the whole pod has to acknowledge. Oathbreaker is a reasonable second home if you're building around a donate-themed signature spell, but the four-player dynamic of Commander is what makes Stiltzkin's ability worth building around.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Knowledge PoolModerationStiltzkin, Moogle Merchant

Knowledge PoolModerationStiltzkin, Moogle Merchant

Target opponent can only cast one spell per turn; Exile all spells target opponent casts from their hand; Lock

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Price Context

Current price

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Current pricing data for Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant isn't available at this time, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live market rates before picking up copies. As a commander-legal rare from a licensed crossover set, supply tends to be tighter than a Standard-set rare, which typically means a higher floor — budget accordingly if you're targeting multiple copies.

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