Triton Waverider
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #27987
Triton Waverider is a 2/3 flyer for four mana that requires you to already control an enchantment — a payoff condition that arrives too late and asks too much. Cheaper, unconditional flyers exist at every price point, and the enchantment dependency makes Triton Waverider a card you run only when you're actively building around the theme.
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, Triton Waverider is a fringe inclusion in enchantment-heavy blue decks — think Siona, Captain of the Pyleas or Tuvasa the Sunlit — where the condition is trivially met and you need bodies in the air. Outside of that niche, four mana for a 2/3 flyer with a string attached is below rate for a 100-card format where competition for slots is steep. In Pauper, the commons pool is deep enough in efficient blue flyers that Triton Waverider doesn't make the cut. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer offer zero incentive to run it — the power bar in those formats is simply too high for a conditional 2/3.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Triton Waverider is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar box without thinking twice. There's no financial floor to protect here; it's a draft common that will stay at this price indefinitely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.