Beskir Shieldmate
Creature — Human Warrior
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Human Warrior creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #18404
Beskir Shieldmate enters as a 1/1 and immediately creates a 1/1 Human Warrior token, giving you two bodies for one mana — that's the whole pitch. It's a fine token-doubler target and a passable one-drop in go-wide strategies, but the floor is low enough that it only earns a slot where quantity of bodies matters more than quality.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Beskir Shieldmate is a role-player in Human tribal or token-doubling shells — commanders like Haktos the Unscarred or any Boros go-wide build can use the instant two-body entry, but it's rarely a priority include. In Pauper it's similarly niche, fitting only dedicated white aggro or token lists that need cheap redundancy at the one-drop slot. Modern and Pioneer have better options at the same cost, so Beskir Shieldmate doesn't see real play there. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely — the power ceiling is just too low for those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Beskir Shieldmate is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. It holds that price floor comfortably since there's no spike demand, but don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.