Surrakar Banisher
Creature — Surrakar
When this creature enters, you may return target tapped creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29565
Surrakar Banisher bounces a tapped creature on entry — relevant interaction stapled to a body, but five mana for a 3/3 that only hits tapped targets is a steep ask. Strict budget or blink-synergy contexts are the only places it earns a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Surrakar Banisher is a fringe inclusion at best — five mana for conditional bounce is well below the power floor of most 100-card lists, where Reflector Mage and Spine of Ish Sah exist. Pauper is the one format where its rate is marginally defensible: the common-only card pool narrows the competition, and a bounce effect on a creature body can matter in slower, grindier games. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Surrakar Banisher is unplayable — those formats move faster than turn five and demand unconditional interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Surrakar Banisher is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a trade binder slot without ever climbing. There is no demand pressure to move that price, so expect it to stay at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.