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Oaken Siren

Artifact Creature — Siren Pirate1 generic manaBlue mana

A mana dork disguised as an evasive creature, which is a rare shape in blue. The tap ability produces exactly one color and locks it to a single purpose: artifact spells or artifact abilities, a restriction that turns this from a generic accelerator into a build-around's supporting cast. That constraint funds the rest of the package. A 1/2 flier with vigilance is not a body you usually get to attach to a ramp source, since vigilance means it commits to the air and still holds the tap open on the crackback. Blue has historically leaned on stone-cold rocks and enters-tapped fixing to power out its bigger artifacts; putting the mana on a creature that can also chip in and defend is a different bargain, trading raw efficiency for a warm body that pressures life totals while it fuels the machine. The artifact-only clause keeps it from becoming a universal blue ramp piece, which is precisely the point: it wants a deck already committed to casting artifacts, where the mana is never wasted and the flying clock is a free upside. Being an artifact creature itself folds it into the very thing it powers, so it counts toward the artifact-matters triggers it exists to enable.

Oaken Siren (lci)
LCI · #66common
Pricing
Normal: $0.22
Foil: $0.31
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying, vigilance Tap: Add Blue mana. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact source.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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