Shay Cormac wants a deck that keeps making its creatures bigger turn after turn. It also suits a deck that sacrifices its own creatures to drain opponents' life.
Mana cost
White, Black ()
Power / toughness1 / 1
RarityUncommon
: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof, indestructible, protection, shroud, and ward until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes the target of a spell or ability you control, put a bounty counter on that creature.
Whenever a creature with a bounty counter on it dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Shay Cormac.
Picked for what they do in Shay Cormac's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Shay Cormac'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.Open the full glossary
explain how Shay Cormac 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 Coast5 Jul 2024
Because damage remains marked on a creature until damage is removed as the turn ends, damage previously dealt to a creature with indestructible may cause it to be destroyed if Shay Cormac’s first ability resolves later during that turn. This is notably not the case with protection, as protection prevents damage.
Wizards of the Coast5 Jul 2024
If a permanent enters the battlefield under an opponent’s control with hexproof, indestructible, protection, shroud, and/or ward after Shay Cormac’s first ability resolves, it won’t lose that ability until you activate Shay Cormac’s first ability again. The same is true if an opponent’s permanent gains one of those abilities after Shay Cormac’s first ability resolves.
Wizards of the Coast5 Jul 2024
Shay Cormac’s last ability looks for any bounty counter on a creature, not just one from that Shay Cormac. For example, if players A and B each control a Shay Cormac and player A has put a bounty counter on player C’s creature, both players A and B will put two +1/+1 counters on their respective Shay Cormacs when that creature dies.
Wizards of the Coast5 Jul 2024
Shay Cormac’s second ability resolves before the spell or ability that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell or ability is countered.
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.+1/+1 Counters+1/+1 counter decks put small markers on their creatures that make each one permanently bigger, and keep adding more every turn. Each +1/+1 counter adds one to a creature's power (the damage it deals) and toughness (the damage it can take).Open the +1/+1 Counters pageCounter EngineAdds +1/+1 counters over and over rather than once. A counter here is a small permanent marker that raises a creature's power and toughness for good. It is not a counterspell, which is a different thing entirely. Something that adds them every turn makes your whole board bigger and keeps it that way. Hardened Scales, Corpsejack MenaceOpen the Counter Engine page+1/+1 CountersPuts +1/+1 counters on creatures, permanently raising their power and toughness. Unlike a temporary boost that wears off at end of turn, these markers stay put and stack up over a long game. Hardened Scales, The Great HengeOpen the +1/+1 Counters pageProtectionA creature with protection from something, like a color, is safe from anything with that quality. It cannot be damaged, enchanted or equipped, blocked, or targeted by it, and players remember the four with the word DEBT. It does not stop effects that neither target nor damage, like a board wipe that destroys every creature. ProgenitusOpen the Protection pageDeath TriggerTriggers when a creature dies, whether it is this creature, one of yours or an opponent's. These are the cards that pay you in an Aristocrats deck: something else makes creatures die, and these decide what you get each time. Blood Artist, Solemn SimulacrumOpen the Death Trigger pageAristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats pageMana SinkGives you somewhere useful to spend spare mana, usually through an ability you can activate again and again. Rogue's Passage, Mind StoneOpen the Mana Sink page
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: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof, indestructible, protection, shroud, and ward until end of turn.
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