Wellgabber Apothecary
Creature — Merfolk Cleric
: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target tapped Merfolk or Kithkin creature this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28859
Wellgabber Apothecary taps to give a target Merfolk protection from the color of your choice until end of turn — a narrow, reactive ability stapled to a three-mana 1/2 with no other upside. Outside of dedicated Merfolk tribal, it doesn't pull its weight.
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 |
Wellgabber Apothecary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is low across all of them. In Commander, it fits only in Merfolk tribal decks that want protection redundancy — even there, instant-speed options with wider targeting are almost always better. In Pauper, where Merfolk is a real archetype, the card still rarely earns a slot because the tribal synergies available there favor lords and evasion over single-target protection. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it whatsoever.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Wellgabber Apothecary is bulk — easy to acquire, but the price reflects the demand. There's no pressure to pick it up speculatively; if you need it for a Merfolk build, it'll stay cheap.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.