Merfolk Looter
Exodus 39 • common
- Set
- Exodus
- Collector number
- 39
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
tap: Draw a card, then discard a card.
In the depths of Rootwater, salvage and sewage differ only in texture.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Merfolk Looter first appeared in the 1998 Exodus expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the final set in the Rath Cycle, Exodus introduced a darker, more tactical tone to the game's mechanics. The card was designed to facilitate deck consistency by allowing players to draw and discard cards, a utility effect that has since become a foundational staple in blue-aligned control and graveyard-focused strategies.
The original illustration for this card was provided by artist Christopher Rush. Known for his iconic work on the game’s earliest sets, Rush gave the Merfolk Looter a distinctively eerie and mysterious aesthetic, capturing the creature scavenging amidst the wreckage of a coastal setting. Its design was praised for its simplicity and efficiency, leading to numerous reprints across the game's history while remaining one of the most recognizable examples of low-cost utility creatures.
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