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Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Shanid wants a deck that is full of legendary creatures and other legendary cards. It also works in a deck built around Humans, Knights or Legends Matter.

  • Mana cost1 genericredwhiteblack
  • White, Black, Red ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Menace

Other legendary creatures you control have menace.

Whenever you play a legendary land or cast a legendary spell, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

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Cards That Fit Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Picked for what they do in Shanid's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Shanid'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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The 6 Cards

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The 6 Cards

Rulings for Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

explain how Shanid 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 9 Sep 2022

A legendary land entering the battlefield without being played does not cause Shanid’s last ability to trigger.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

If casting a legendary spell causes Shanid’s last ability to trigger, that ability goes on the stack above the spell that caused it to trigger and resolves first. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise left the stack.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Shanid, 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 glossaryWBRPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black, R for red.Legends MatterLegends decks fill up on legendary cards and use cards that reward you each time you cast one. A legendary card has the word Legendary on its type line; you can only keep one with the same name in play, and nearly every commander is legendary.Open the Legends Matter pageHistoric PayoffRewards you for historic cards: the legendary cards, artifacts, and Sagas that Magic groups under that one word. In Commander your commander is always legendary, so these start with something to count. Jhoira, Weatherlight CaptainOpen the Historic Payoff pageStatic BuffGives creatures a lasting bonus to power and toughness while it remains on the battlefield, rather than a boost that wears off at end of turn. Garruk's Uprising, Patchwork BannerOpen the Static Buff pageLegends MatterCards that care about legendary cards: rewards for casting them, discounts, or bonuses for each one you control.Open the Legends Matter page