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Neyam Shai Murad

Neyam Shai Murad

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue

Neyam Shai Murad wants a deck that brings big creatures back from the discard pile. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Rogues.

  • Mana cost2 genericwhiteblack
  • White, Black ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

Rogue Trader — Whenever Neyam Shai Murad deals combat damage to a player, you may have that player return target permanent card from their graveyard to their hand. If you do, that player chooses a permanent card in your graveyard, then you put it onto the battlefield under your control.

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Cards That Fit Neyam Shai Murad

Picked for what they do in Neyam Shai Murad's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Neyam Shai Murad's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Neyam Shai Murad

explain how Neyam Shai Murad works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 7 Oct 2022

If the card in your opponent's graveyard isn't a legal target as the ability tries to resolve, it will be removed from the stack and your opponent won't get to choose a permanent card from your graveyard.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Oct 2022

You choose the target card in your opponent's graveyard as you put the triggered ability on the stack. That opponent chooses the card in your graveyard as the ability resolves.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Neyam Shai Murad, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWBPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black.ReanimatorReanimator decks put big creatures into their own graveyard early, then bring them back onto the battlefield without paying their cost. It gets a huge creature into play far sooner than you could afford to cast it.Open the Reanimator pageReanimationReturns a creature card from a graveyard straight to the battlefield, skipping its mana cost. That is why decks built around it put their biggest creatures into the graveyard on purpose. Named for Reanimate. Animate DeadOpen the Reanimation pageRecursionBrings cards back from the graveyard: to your hand, to the battlefield, or letting them be cast again from where they lie. Eternal Witness, Reanimate, VictimizeOpen the Recursion pageRoguesRogues are mostly black and blue thieves and tricksters. Some steal from opponents or put cards from their deck into their graveyard.Open the Rogues pageSaboteurTriggers when a creature deals combat damage to a player, so the reward comes from connecting rather than from the damage itself. Evasion makes these far more reliable. Ragavan, Nimble PilfererOpen the Saboteur page