---
name: "Merrow Skyswimmer"
mana_cost: "{3}{W/U}{W/U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Soldier"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Vigilance", "Convoke"]
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "234"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "d709f396-021f-49eb-adb5-374aa790eaae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/merrow-skyswimmer-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Merrow Skyswimmer
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W/U}{W/U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Vigilance, Convoke

## Oracle Text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white and blue Merfolk creature token.

> *"Only fools believe us bound to water."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Disruptor of Currents](/printing/disruptor-of-currents-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Flockchaser Phantom](/printing/flockchaser-phantom-moc.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Conclave Equenaut](/printing/conclave-equenaut-rvr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Merfolk Skyscout](/printing/merfolk-skyscout-roe.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
6. [Merrow Wavebreakers](/printing/merrow-wavebreakers-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #234
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`