---
name: "Vodalian Merchant"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "3d62c8f8-7a1c-4771-891d-05fdaa56bf47"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vodalian-merchant-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vodalian Merchant
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

> *Sich in einem Krieg auf keine der beiden Seiten zu schlagen kann gefährlich sein — aber auch lukrativ.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Merfolk Traders](/printing/merfolk-traders-wth.md) — Creature — Merfolk
2. [Merfolk Pupil](/printing/merfolk-pupil-j22.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Merfolk Looter](/printing/merfolk-looter-exo.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
4. [Soothsayer Adept](/printing/soothsayer-adept-stx.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Sage of the Falls](/printing/sage-of-the-falls-eld.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Silvergill Peddler](/printing/silvergill-peddler-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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