Unsettled Mariner

Unsettled Mariner card image

Unsettled Mariner: Creature - Shapeshifter, Modern Horizons. Changeling. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
White and blue (WU)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Modern Horizons (MH1)
Released
2019-06-14
Collector number
216
Artist
John Stanko
Commander rank
3,970 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Changeling

Build around this card with Grover

About Unsettled Mariner

Unsettled Mariner is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and blue creature from Modern Horizons (MH1), a draft-focused set released in June 2019. It is collector number 216 in that set, with art by John Stanko. It costs {W}{U} (one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.96 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {1}.

The call of the sea shapes many souls.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.96 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Unsettled Mariner by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Unsettled Mariner

Unsettled Mariner has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #MH1-216Rare2025

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Unsettled Mariner, newest first.

  • If a spell or ability an opponent controls targets only you or only one permanent you control, but it targets you or that permanent multiple times, Unsettled Mariner’s ability triggers only once.
  • If you and a permanent you control each become the targets of the same spell or ability an opponent controls, Unsettled Mariner’s ability will trigger twice. The same is true if two permanents you control each become the targets of the same spell or ability an opponent controls.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a white and blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Unsettled Mariner is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Explore Mana Grove