Tishana's Wayfinder
Creature — Merfolk Scout
When this creature enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20172
Tishana's Wayfinder enters, scrys 3, and leaves a 3/2 body behind — that's real card selection stapled to a creature that trades with most early threats. The cost is that it doesn't actually draw anything, so it smooths your next few draws rather than generating raw advantage.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tishana's Wayfinder earns its slot in creature-centric strategies that want to dig toward a combo piece or land drop without spending a full draw spell — the 3/2 body is incidental upside in a 40-life format where blocking occasionally matters. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive action, slotting into tempo and energy-adjacent creature builds that value scry-on-ETB effects at common. Modern and Legacy have moved past three-mana creatures that don't immediately win the game, so Tishana's Wayfinder doesn't register there outside of narrow tribal or ETB-abuse builds. Pioneer is similarly cold — the card exists on the legality list but has no meaningful home in that format's power band.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Tishana's Wayfinder is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a singles order. That price is stable by definition; there's no downside risk on a card that's already at floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.