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Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
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Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker

{4}{B}

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Whenever a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step if Shirei is still on the battlefield.

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Set
Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK #81)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
2005-02-04
Artist
Wayne Reynolds
EDHREC rank
#9,081
Colour identity
{B}
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 0.65
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Protection

Combos 1

Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker+Coretapper+Magistrate's Scepter
{B}
Infinite turnsLock
258 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Serrated Scorpion 67 %+65.1 %
  2. Dusk Legion Zealot 66 %+63.9 %
  3. Bone Shredder 63 %+61.8 %
  4. Viscera Seer 76 %+58.9 %
  5. Greedy Freebooter 64 %+58.6 %
  6. Zulaport Cutthroat 80 %+56.9 %
  7. Cadaver Imp 57 %+55.8 %
  8. Skyscanner 53 %+51.6 %
  9. Skullport Merchant 53 %+51.6 %
  10. Shambling Ghast 56 %+50.9 %
  11. Abyssal Gatekeeper 52 %+50.8 %
  12. Big Game Hunter 52 %+50.3 %
  13. Blood Pet 58 %+49.6 %
  14. Novice Occultist 49 %+47.5 %
  15. Bastion of Remembrance 62 %+44.4 %
  16. Dark Privilege 44 %+42.8 %
  17. Pitiless Plunderer 62 %+41.9 %
  18. Clattering Augur 44 %+41.8 %
  19. Priest of Forgotten Gods 50 %+41.2 %
  20. Carrion Feeder 52 %+40.4 %
  21. Pilgrim's Eye 41 %+39.6 %
  22. Blood Artist 71 %+39.1 %
  23. Grim Haruspex 47 %+38.7 %
  24. Tattered Mummy 39 %+37.9 %
  25. Marionette Apprentice 47 %+36.1 %
  26. Fume Spitter 37 %+35.5 %
  27. Ashnod's Altar 54 %+34.3 %
  28. Syr Konrad, the Grim 54 %+34.3 %
  29. Desecrated Tomb 36 %+34.1 %
  30. Tragic Slip 53 %+33.8 %
  31. Sling-Gang Lieutenant 35 %+33.5 %
  32. Bloodthrone Vampire 34 %+32.7 %
  33. Village Rites 57 %+31.8 %
  34. Burglar Rat 41 %+30.4 %
  35. Disciple of Perdition 31 %+30.2 %
  36. Ayara, First of Locthwain 55 %+29.9 %
  37. Doomed Dissenter 31 %+29.5 %
  38. Morbid Opportunist 53 %+28.8 %
  39. Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist 31 %+28.5 %
  40. Eaten Alive 32 %+28.1 %
  41. Corrupted Conviction 39 %+26.6 %
  42. Virus Beetle 33 %+26.1 %
  43. Vampiric Rites 32 %+26.0 %
  44. Mindless Automaton 26 %+25.5 %
  45. Bottle Gnomes 25 %+24.7 %
  46. Plumb the Forbidden 29 %+24.5 %
  47. Leaden Myr 29 %+23.1 %
  48. Agent of the Iron Throne 26 %+22.8 %
  49. Swiftfoot Boots 54 %+22.5 %
  50. Gleaming Barrier 22 %+21.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.4 %
  2. Zulaport Cutthroat 80 %+56.9 %
  3. Sol Ring 79 %-6.8 %
  4. Viscera Seer 76 %+58.9 %
  5. Blood Artist 71 %+39.1 %
  6. Serrated Scorpion 67 %+65.1 %
  7. Dusk Legion Zealot 66 %+63.9 %
  8. Greedy Freebooter 64 %+58.6 %
  9. Bone Shredder 63 %+61.8 %
  10. Pitiless Plunderer 62 %+41.9 %
  11. Bastion of Remembrance 62 %+44.4 %
  12. Blood Pet 58 %+49.6 %
  13. Village Rites 57 %+31.8 %
  14. Cadaver Imp 57 %+55.8 %
  15. Shambling Ghast 56 %+50.9 %
  16. Arcane Signet 55 %-6.2 %
  17. Ayara, First of Locthwain 55 %+29.9 %
  18. Syr Konrad, the Grim 54 %+34.3 %
  19. Ashnod's Altar 54 %+34.3 %
  20. Dark Ritual 54 %-13.3 %
  21. Swiftfoot Boots 54 %+22.5 %
  22. Skullport Merchant 53 %+51.6 %
  23. Morbid Opportunist 53 %+28.8 %
  24. Skyscanner 53 %+51.6 %
  25. Tragic Slip 53 %+33.8 %
  26. Abyssal Gatekeeper 52 %+50.8 %
  27. Carrion Feeder 52 %+40.4 %
  28. Big Game Hunter 52 %+50.3 %
  29. Feed the Swarm 51 %+0.5 %
  30. Bojuka Bog 51 %+3.4 %
  31. Priest of Forgotten Gods 50 %+41.2 %
  32. Novice Occultist 49 %+47.5 %
  33. Grim Haruspex 47 %+38.7 %
  34. Marionette Apprentice 47 %+36.1 %
  35. Lightning Greaves 47 %+12.9 %
  36. Deadly Dispute 46 %+19.4 %
  37. Dark Privilege 44 %+42.8 %
  38. Clattering Augur 44 %+41.8 %
  39. Jet Medallion 43 %-18.9 %
  40. Cabal Coffers 42 %-12.5 %
  41. Skullclamp 42 %+19.4 %
  42. Burglar Rat 41 %+30.4 %
  43. Pilgrim's Eye 41 %+39.6 %
  44. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 41 %-9.6 %
  45. Corrupted Conviction 39 %+26.6 %
  46. Victimize 39 %+11.3 %
  47. Tattered Mummy 39 %+37.9 %
  48. Black Market 37 %+16.7 %
  49. Fume Spitter 37 %+35.5 %
  50. Witch's Cottage 36 %+12.0 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2018-12-07

    If Shirei leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield after a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard, Shirei is considered a new object. The delayed triggered ability won't return the creature to the battlefield.

  • 2018-12-07

    Shirei's ability can't return any creatures that died before Shirei entered the battlefield.

  • 2018-12-07

    Shirei's ability only triggers if the creature's power immediately before leaving the battlefield is 1 or less, regardless of its power in your graveyard.

  • 2018-12-07

    Shirei's ability triggers if a creature you own with power 1 or less dies under another player's control.

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