Watchful Blisterzoa
Creature — Phyrexian Jellyfish
Flying
This creature enters with an oil counter on it.
When this creature dies, draw cards equal to the number of oil counters on it.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #22334
Watchful Blisterzoa replaces itself when it enters and leaves a Ward tax on the table, which is a reasonable two-for-one on a body that costs five mana. The rate is too slow for most competitive tables, but in casual pods that care about drawing cards or taxing opponents, it does exactly what it promises.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Watchful Blisterzoa is a Commander card — the combination of an ETB draw trigger and a ward cost maps directly onto value-oriented decks that bounce, blink, or sacrifice creatures repeatedly. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it has no competitive footing; five mana for a 3/4 with one card draw is nowhere near the rate those formats demand. Vintage is legal but irrelevant. Commander is where Watchful Blisterzoa actually earns a slot, specifically in decks that exploit enter-the-battlefield triggers or need cheap protection on a creature that replaces itself.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Watchful Blisterzoa is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy individually. The price is unlikely to move unless a future Commander precon leans hard on Jellyfish or Ward-payoff synergies, so treat it as a free inclusion, not an acquisition target.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.