Whitewater Naiads
Enchantment Creature — Nymph
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, target creature can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #16334
Whitewater Naiads makes your biggest enchantment-attached creature unblockable every combat — no activation cost, no timing window to miss. Five mana for a 4/4 that turns your Aura package into guaranteed damage is a real rate in enchantress builds.
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 |
Whitewater Naiads belongs in Commander, specifically enchantress decks that already want to stack Auras on a single threat. Outside of that shell, five mana for a vanilla 4/4 with a conditional ability doesn't clear the bar in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, or Pioneer — those formats have faster, cleaner ways to push damage through. In Commander, the political math is different: one unblockable attacker with three Auras on it ends games, and Whitewater Naiads provides that without any extra investment.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Whitewater Naiads is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable precisely because it's a niche role-player with no cross-format appeal, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.