Wandering Tombshell
Creature — Zombie Turtle
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #22333
Wandering Tombshell is a four-mana 0/5 Defender with Undergrowth — it mills four cards from your library when it enters, and its toughness matters only if you're building around walls or grind strategies. The mill-on-entry is real upside in self-mill shells, but a vanilla 0/5 that can't attack has no business in any list that isn't specifically exploiting both halves.
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, Wandering Tombshell is a niche include — self-mill decks helmed by commanders like Sidisi, Brood Tyrant or The Scarab God can use the Undergrowth trigger to fuel the graveyard, but four mana for four cards milled is below rate when Mesmeric Orb and Altar of Dementia exist. In Pauper, it's similarly fringe: Dimir self-mill has more efficient pieces, and a 0/5 Defender that doesn't close games earns its slot only in dedicated Defender or grind builds. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, Wandering Tombshell is too slow and too passive to see competitive play — formats that care about self-mill have access to free or near-free alternatives that don't cost a turn.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Wandering Tombshell is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins or pick it up as a throw-in without thinking about it. There's no supply pressure here, and nothing about its power level suggests that changes.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.