Sinister Starfish
Sinister Starfish: Creature - Starfish, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Tap: Surveil 1. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Starfish
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 0/3
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 140
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Commander rank
- 9,591 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil
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About Sinister Starfish
Sinister Starfish is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Nils Hamm. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
{T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
"Throw that one back. I don't like how it's looking at me." -Netos, Meletian fisherman
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sinister Starfish by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Sinister Starfish
Sinister Starfish has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #383 | Common | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #99 | Common | 2021 |
Similar cards
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In these precons
Sinister Starfish is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.