Viscid Lemures
Creature — Spirit
: This creature gets -1/-0 and gains swampwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #27961
Viscid Lemures is a 4/3 that can gain shroud by discarding a card — a steep, repeatable cost that rarely justifies the stats on a five-mana creature. The only place it earns a slot is in dedicated discard-payoff builds, and even there Jaws of Defeat outclasses it as a reason to run five-mana blue creatures.
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 |
Viscid Lemures is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Pauper, where commons get the most scrutiny, a five-mana 4/3 with a conditional, card-disadvantage shroud ability simply can't compete with the format's efficient threats. In Commander, Viscid Lemures occupies the bottom tier of discard-synergy pieces — decks built around Madness or looting effects have far better options at every point on the curve. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Jaws of DefeatViscid Lemures
Target opponent loses the game; Infinite lifeloss for target opponent
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Viscid Lemures is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box at a game store. That price is stable precisely because demand is nearly zero, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.