Shantotto, Tactician Magician

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Wizard

Shantotto wants a deck that casts lots of instant and sorcery spells. It also works in a deck built around Dwarves or Wizards.

Mana cost
Blue, Red ()
Power / toughness0 / 4
RarityUncommon

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Shantotto gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. If X is 4 or more, draw a card.

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Archetypes: Spellslinger
Themes: Dwarves
Wizards
Tags: Draw
Stat Scaling

Cards That Fit Shantotto, Tactician Magician

Picked for what they do in Shantotto's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Shantotto'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 Ring Open the full glossary

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The 6 Cards

Symmetry Sage 1 mana · shares
Ral, Storm Conduit 4 mana · shares
Rowan, Scholar of Sparks // Will, Scholar of Frost 3 mana · shares ,
Storm-Kiln Artist 4 mana · shares ,
Prismari Pledgemage 2 mana · shares
Krark, the Thumbless 2 mana · shares

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The 6 Cards

Vindictive Flamestoker 1 mana · shares ,
Electrostatic Infantry 2 mana · shares
Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy 2 mana · shares ,
Muse Seeker 2 mana · shares ,
Namor the Sub-Mariner 3 mana · shares ,
Trawler Drake 3 mana · shares ,

Rulings for Shantotto, Tactician Magician

explain how Shantotto 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 6 Jun 2025

Shantotto's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Shantotto, 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 glossaryURPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, R for red. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.SpellslingerSpellslinger decks cast lots of instants and sorceries, one-time spells, and play creatures that reward every spell you cast. Instants and sorceries take effect once and then go to your graveyard, and an instant can even be cast during another player's turn.Open the Spellslinger pageSpellslingerRewards you for casting instants and sorceries, usually triggering each time you cast one. Storm-Kiln Artist, GuttersnipeOpen the Spellslinger pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageStat ScalingA creature whose power and toughness count something, so it grows as the game goes on. It might count lands you control or cards in your graveyard. Craterhoof Behemoth, Psychosis CrawlerOpen the Stat Scaling page