---
name: "Sailors' Bane"
mana_cost: "{7}{U}{U}"
cmc: 9
type_line: "Creature — Dragon Turtle"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Ward"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "93"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Brian Valeza"
oracle_id: "5d22ab00-b454-4407-93d7-65b47f56cbaa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sailors-bane-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sailors' Bane
- **Mana Cost:** `{7}{U}{U}` (CMC: 9)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon Turtle
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/7
- **Keywords:** Ward

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card you own in exile and in your graveyard that's an instant card, a sorcery card, or a card that has an Adventure.
Ward {4} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tolarian Terror](/printing/tolarian-terror-fdn.md) — Creature — Serpent
2. [Hexbane Tortoise](/printing/hexbane-tortoise-dmu.md) — Creature — Turtle
3. [Titania, Rugged Rumbler](/printing/titania-rugged-rumbler-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
4. [Purple Worm](/printing/purple-worm-pafr.md) — Creature — Worm
5. [Ambling Stormshell](/printing/ambling-stormshell-ptdm.md) — Creature — Turtle
6. [Octavia, Living Thesis](/printing/octavia-living-thesis-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #93
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Brian Valeza
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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