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Rufus Shinra
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Rufus Shinra

{1}{W}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Noble

Whenever Rufus Shinra attacks, if you don't control a creature named Darkstar, create Darkstar, a legendary 2/2 white and black Dog creature token.

"I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man."

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Set
Final Fantasy (FIN #503)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
3
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Ittoku
EDHREC rank
#12,969
Colour identity
{B}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.27
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Reno and Rude 61 %+60.7 %
  2. Heidegger, Shinra Executive 59 %+59.3 %
  3. SOLDIER Military Program 59 %+58.5 %
  4. Bastion Protector 57 %+53.5 %
  5. Midgar, City of Mako 58 %+52.9 %
  6. Elena, Turk Recruit 51 %+50.2 %
  7. Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER 48 %+41.8 %
  8. Bastion of Remembrance 59 %+41.7 %
  9. Unfinished Business 41 %+40.8 %
  10. Zack Fair 44 %+40.8 %
  11. Vincent Valentine 40 %+38.3 %
  12. Helitrooper 38 %+37.4 %
  13. General's Enforcer 39 %+35.9 %
  14. Champion's Helm 37 %+35.7 %
  15. Shinra Reinforcements 36 %+35.6 %
  16. The Masamune 36 %+34.7 %
  17. Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 35 %+33.8 %
  18. Morbid Opportunist 46 %+33.5 %
  19. Nasty End 36 %+32.6 %
  20. Skullclamp 58 %+31.4 %
  21. Fight On! 32 %+31.1 %
  22. Judge Magister Gabranth 33 %+29.8 %
  23. Vincent's Limit Break 29 %+28.7 %
  24. Buster Sword 30 %+27.9 %
  25. Darksteel Plate 29 %+27.8 %
  26. Deadly Dispute 50 %+27.7 %
  27. Austere Command 43 %+26.8 %
  28. Hardened Tactician 29 %+26.4 %
  29. Corrupted Conviction 37 %+26.1 %
  30. Rogue's Passage 44 %+24.7 %
  31. Overkill 26 %+24.5 %
  32. Insomnia, Crown City 27 %+24.3 %
  33. Victimize 41 %+24.0 %
  34. Sephiroth's Intervention 24 %+23.4 %
  35. Teysa Karlov 38 %+23.1 %
  36. Summon: Knights of Round 23 %+22.6 %
  37. Village Rites 44 %+22.3 %
  38. Idol of Oblivion 27 %+22.2 %
  39. Evil Reawakened 22 %+22.0 %
  40. Puresteel Paladin 23 %+21.2 %
  41. Interceptor, Shadow's Hound 21 %+20.7 %
  42. Hero's Blade 21 %+20.4 %
  43. Reanimate 36 %+20.3 %
  44. Pitiless Plunderer 36 %+20.0 %
  45. The Gold Saucer 20 %+19.6 %
  46. Aerith Rescue Mission 20 %+19.4 %
  47. Solemn Simulacrum 33 %+19.1 %
  48. Aerith Gainsborough 23 %+19.0 %
  49. Conqueror's Flail 19 %+18.2 %
  50. Commissar Severina Raine 20 %+17.9 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 98 %+0.7 %
  2. Plains 98 %+0.7 %
  3. Command Tower 84 %-2.0 %
  4. Arcane Signet 80 %-0.2 %
  5. Sol Ring 79 %-5.2 %
  6. Isolated Chapel 66 %-1.9 %
  7. Reno and Rude 61 %+60.7 %
  8. Heidegger, Shinra Executive 59 %+59.3 %
  9. Bastion of Remembrance 59 %+41.7 %
  10. SOLDIER Military Program 59 %+58.5 %
  11. Midgar, City of Mako 58 %+52.9 %
  12. Skullclamp 58 %+31.4 %
  13. Bastion Protector 57 %+53.5 %
  14. Swords to Plowshares 52 %-11.7 %
  15. Elena, Turk Recruit 51 %+50.2 %
  16. Deadly Dispute 50 %+27.7 %
  17. Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER 48 %+41.8 %
  18. Path to Exile 47 %-2.6 %
  19. Morbid Opportunist 46 %+33.5 %
  20. Shattered Sanctum 45 %+5.2 %
  21. Talisman of Hierarchy 45 %-7.8 %
  22. Shineshadow Snarl 45 %+3.1 %
  23. Rogue's Passage 44 %+24.7 %
  24. Zack Fair 44 %+40.8 %
  25. Village Rites 44 %+22.3 %
  26. Tainted Field 44 %-6.0 %
  27. Godless Shrine 43 %-8.6 %
  28. Austere Command 43 %+26.8 %
  29. Fetid Heath 43 %-0.6 %
  30. Orzhov Signet 42 %-10.9 %
  31. Caves of Koilos 42 %-16.2 %
  32. Bojuka Bog 41 %-3.7 %
  33. Unfinished Business 41 %+40.8 %
  34. Victimize 41 %+24.0 %
  35. Vincent Valentine 40 %+38.3 %
  36. Zulaport Cutthroat 39 %+17.8 %
  37. Blood Artist 39 %+9.9 %
  38. General's Enforcer 39 %+35.9 %
  39. Teysa Karlov 38 %+23.1 %
  40. Helitrooper 38 %+37.4 %
  41. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim 37 %+3.9 %
  42. Corrupted Conviction 37 %+26.1 %
  43. Champion's Helm 37 %+35.7 %
  44. Pitiless Plunderer 36 %+20.0 %
  45. Anguished Unmaking 36 %-5.2 %
  46. Reanimate 36 %+20.3 %
  47. Shinra Reinforcements 36 %+35.6 %
  48. Nasty End 36 %+32.6 %
  49. The Masamune 36 %+34.7 %
  50. Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 35 %+33.8 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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