Surly Farrier
Creature — Kithkin Citizen
: Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains vigilance until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20695
Surly Farrier is a 3/3 for three mana with no relevant abilities — a vanilla body that does nothing the turn it enters and nothing the turn after. Outside of hyper-specific tribal or creature-type payoff shells like Brigid, Clachan's Heart, there is no competitive reason to run it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart cares about Kithkin creature types, and Surly Farrier's Kithkin typing is the entire reason it shows up here — Brigid's anthem and token effects make the body passable where it would otherwise be unplayable.
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 |
Surly Farrier is legal everywhere but relevant nowhere. In Commander, a 3/3 for three with no text doesn't meet the baseline for a 99-card slot — there are dozens of Kithkin or tribal-payoff cards that do more for the same cost. In constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, vanilla creatures at this rate have been unplayable for years; the bar for three-mana creatures is at minimum an enters-the-battlefield effect or a keyword. Pauper is the one format where commons occasionally find niche roles, but even there Surly Farrier doesn't clear the power threshold for any established archetype.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Surly Farrier is deep bulk — the floor price for a Magic card. That price reflects the demand accurately, and there's no trajectory that changes it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.