Azra Smokeshaper

Creature — Azra Ninja

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
When this creature enters, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#12554
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Azra Smokeshaper card art
Azra Smokeshaper enters the battlefield and gives target creature ward 2 and indestructible until end of turn — protection on demand, at instant speed, for two mana. The rate is efficient enough that Thousand-Faced Shadow and similar ninjutsu threats love it, since you're already holding mana open to bounce in a ninja anyway.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Azra Smokeshaper is bulk in Legacy and Vintage — those formats have better protection spells and the creature body is irrelevant. In Pauper it's legal and the flash-plus-ward-2 effect is genuinely costed right for the format, but it competes with Spellstutter Sprite and other tempo staples for blue-black slots. Commander is where it actually earns a slot: ninjutsu decks want cheap flash bodies to enable attacks, and the incidental indestructible trigger protects a value creature or combat threat at exactly the moment you're leaving mana open anyway.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Azra Smokeshaper is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Narrow ninjutsu synergy keeps the ceiling low, so don't expect this to move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.