Ambuscade Shaman
Creature — Orc Shaman
Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, that creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Dash 
(You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21390
Ambuscade Shaman gives every creature you play after it +2/+2 until end of turn — a continuous pump that rewards token-flooding and go-wide strategies without asking anything extra of you. Four mana for a 3/3 is the cost, and it's fair.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ambuscade Shaman is a Commander card through and through — the effect compounds across a board full of tokens and tribal fodder in a way that a 60-card format simply can't exploit consistently enough to justify a four-mana 3/3. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's outclassed by cheaper, more resilient payoffs before you even get to untap. Commander is where the math works: drop it before a Krenko activation or an Onslaught trigger and every new body enters swinging for more, turning incremental go-wide pressure into a threatening combat step.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Ambuscade Shaman is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull out of a bulk bin without thinking twice. That price reflects its narrow niche, not a hidden gem waiting to spike.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.