Master of the Pearl Trident
Master of the Pearl Trident: Creature - Merfolk, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Merfolk
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 162
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
- Commander rank
- 3,487 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Master of the Pearl Trident
Master of the Pearl Trident is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 162 in that set, with art by Ryan Pancoast. It costs {U}{U} (two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Magic 2013 (2012) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
"Let the land dwellers know the coast is no longer the border between our realms. A new age of empire has begun."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.52 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Master of the Pearl Trident by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Master of the Pearl Trident
Master of the Pearl Trident has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #214 | Rare | 2021 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #310 | Special | 2021 |
| Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins (DDT) #9 | Rare | 2017 |
| Magic 2013 (M13) #59 | Rare | 2012 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Master of the Pearl Trident.
- Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a Merfolk you control may become lethal if Master of the Pearl Trident leaves the battlefield during that turn.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Master of the Pearl Trident is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.