The upside was that it would work sometimes
getting 6-9 mana for an investment of three mana is the bit that most decks are interested in
Merrow Commerce is also quite strong as it let us untap all Merfolk we control at the end of our turn for a small mana investment and at the same time it is a Merfolk Tribal Enchantment so it can be fetched by Merfolk tutors
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Released in the spring of 2001 in Japan, and early 2002 in North America
While the 4 drop price tag is a bit steep, Black decks in commander dont usually have an issue generating mana