Wishful Merfolk
Creature — Merfolk
Defender
: This creature loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #27906
Wishful Merfolk is a 2/3 blue merfolk for two mana that can pay two to turn into a 3/3 human until end of turn — a marginal stat bump with no board impact beyond the numbers. The cost in tempo and the lack of any lasting effect make it a filler card in nearly every context.
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 |
Wishful Merfolk is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, tribal merfolk decks are its only real home, and even there it sits at the bottom of the roster — a body that fills a creature-type slot without generating card advantage, disruption, or a meaningful threat. In Pauper and lower-powered 60-card formats it faces brutal competition from merfolk with actual enters-the-battlefield effects or static abilities. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana 2/3 with an irrelevant activated ability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Wishful Merfolk is deep bulk — the price of a card no one is actively seeking out. It holds no monetary value and isn't likely to spike without a dramatic shift in merfolk tribal demand that current card quality makes unlikely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.