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Triton Shorestalker

Creature — Merfolk Rogue

This creature can't be blocked.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Zendikar Rising Commander
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#1957
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Triton Shorestalker card art
Triton Shorestalker is an unblockable one-drop that turns any combat-damage trigger into a guaranteed payoff — the cost is just one blue mana. Commanders like Edric, Spymaster of Trest and Medomai the Ageless don't function without reliable unblockable attackers, and Shorestalker is the cheapest one available.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

76.5% of decks · synergy 0.75

Edric, Spymaster of Trest runs Triton Shorestalker because every unblockable attacker draws a card — a one-mana 1/1 that connects every turn is exactly the engine piece Edric wants to flood the board with.

03
Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Anowon, the Ruin Thief

77.1% of decks · synergy 0.67

Anowon, the Ruin Thief mills opponents whenever a Rogue deals combat damage, and Triton Shorestalker is both a Rogue and completely unblockable — it's one of the most efficient enablers in the deck.

04
Satoru Umezawa

Satoru Umezawa

72.0% of decks · synergy 0.62

Satoru Umezawa lets you ninjutsu a creature into play whenever a creature deals combat damage, and Triton Shorestalker's guaranteed connection makes it one of the most reliable one-mana setup pieces for that ability.

05
Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host

57.9% of decks · synergy 0.55

Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards connecting with combat damage, and Triton Shorestalker's unblockable body ensures those triggers land on schedule from turn one.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Triton Shorestalker fills a specific and irreplaceable role: a one-mana unblockable creature that slots into any blue deck built around combat-damage triggers. In Pauper, it sees fringe play in tempo and evasion-based strategies where a one-mana unblockable body has real utility. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have access to it, but those formats have no meaningful home for a 1/1 with no immediate impact beyond evasion. Vintage is the same story — the power bar is simply too high for Triton Shorestalker to matter outside of niche brews.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Triton Shorestalker is firmly bulk, and that's where it belongs to stay — demand is narrow, limited to the Commander archetypes that explicitly need it. Grab as many copies as your unblockable-matters decks require without a second thought.

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