Wishcoin Crab
Creature — Crab
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #19170
Wishcoin Crab is a 0/6 body for three mana — the toughness is the whole point, and outside of Charix, the Raging Isle decks that convert toughness into damage, that's not a point worth paying for. Verdict: bulk filler in 99% of Commander lists, narrow staple in exactly one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
Charix, the Raging Isle uses its own toughness as the damage number when it attacks, and Wishcoin Crab's 6 toughness feeds that count while adding a blocker that survives most pings — it shows up in over 36% of Charix decks for exactly that reason.
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 |
Wishcoin Crab is legal everywhere that matters but sees near-zero play outside Commander. In Pauper it's a vanilla 0/6 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no evasion, which isn't a trade any Pauper deck wants to make. In Legacy and Vintage the bar for a three-mana do-nothing is impossibly high. Commander is the only format where Wishcoin Crab earns a slot, and even there it's a one-deck card — drafted exclusively into Charix, the Raging Isle builds chasing the highest toughness count possible.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Wishcoin Crab is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box, not a store page. Bulk commons with a single narrow application don't climb; this one stays at the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.