Wanderbrine Rootcutters
Creature — Merfolk Rogue
This creature can't be blocked by green creatures.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #30571
Wanderbrine Rootcutters is an unblockable 4/3 for five mana — a reasonable body that opponents simply cannot chump, as long as they control a Swamp or Island. The cost is that the evasion condition is opponent-dependent, which makes it unreliable against mono-red or mono-green decks.
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, Wanderbrine Rootcutters is a fringe playable in Dimir or Sultai decks that want guaranteed damage delivery — the condition is almost always live in a four-player game where someone is running black or blue. In Pauper, the format is dense with Islands and Swamps, so the evasion is nearly unconditional, but five mana is a steep ask for a format that prizes efficiency. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Wanderbrine Rootcutters does nothing that those formats care about at that mana cost. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: playable in the right shell, but never a priority inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Wanderbrine Rootcutters is deep bulk — you're not paying for it, you're finding it in a common box. That price will hold indefinitely; there's no spike scenario for a conditional five-mana beater.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.