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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 legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

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.