Surge Mare
Creature — Horse Fish
This creature can't be blocked by green creatures.
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
: This creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #18718
Surge Mare is a two-mana 1/4 with islandwalk, an activated loot ability, and the ability to become unblockable by paying one blue — solid utility stacked onto a body that trades cleanly with attackers. The cost is real: it does nothing without blue mana open, and in Commander its stats don't threaten anything on their own.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Surge Mare fits blue tempo and draw-go shells that want cheap blockers with upside — the loot ability turns late-game floods into live draws, and islandwalk punishes the format's ubiquitous blue players. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have long since outpaced a 1/4 for two, so Surge Mare sees essentially no play there despite being legal. Pioneer is in the same boat: the card's ceiling is a niche sideboard thought that never quite clears the bar. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander home where it can occasionally matter, particularly in blue tempo decks that want cheap interaction and card filtering in the same slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Surge Mare is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Don't expect that to move; demand is low enough that supply will comfortably absorb any casual interest for the foreseeable future.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.