MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #171

Merrow Grimeblotter

shm·#171·uncommon·foil

Illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen

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wishlisted

May '08

18 yr ago

Value

$0.35+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.36 · low $0.33

NM$0.35

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.32–$0.37modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.35low $0.04range 775.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #29,893 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.35

Nonfoil$0.14

Gameplay

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

{1}{U/B}, {Q}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Grimeblotters spend so much time in the Dark Meanders that they're able to bring a piece with them wherever they go.

2/2

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2008-05-01wotc

If a creature with an {Q} ability hasn’t been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can’t activate that ability, unless the creature has haste.

2008-05-01wotc

If the permanent is already untapped, you can’t activate its {Q} ability. That’s because you can’t pay the “Untap this permanent” cost.

2008-05-01wotc

When you activate an {Q} ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can’t be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.35. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.35 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SHM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #171 of *Shadowmoor*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2008 Shadowmoor release.

Card type: Creature — Merfolk Wizard, color identity black/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{U/B} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #29,893 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Cyril Van Der Haegen. Rarix catalogs 175 other cards credited to this artist.