Oaken Siren
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact Creature — Siren Pirate
Oracle Text:
Flying, vigilance
{T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact source.
Power/Toughness: 1/2
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price ( USD): $0.22
USD: $0.22 · EUR: €0.10
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Character Background
Oaken Siren is a compact, thematic piece: a 1/2 artifact creature with flying and vigilance that doubles as a conditional blue mana source, so it best supports tempo and artifact-value strategies rather than raw aggro or long combo lines. The vigilance is subtle but important—this creature can attack as an evasive threat and still be available to tap for blue to cast or activate artifact plays on your opponent’s turn, letting you sequence cheap artifacts and disruption without losing pressure. Build it into artifact-centric shells: include a critical mass of low-cost artifacts and mana rocks (think several 0–2 mana artifacts or a Sol Ring in Commander) and artifact-matter payoffs like artifact-synergy creatures or recursion engines so the conditional mana is reliably spendable. It also pairs nicely with cards that care about artifact creatures or let you flicker/tap artifacts for value. In Limited or Pauper, it’s a premium tempo pick; in Constructed, treat it as a one-drop that accelerates artifact combos and keeps tempo while providing an evasive early body.
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