Brine Shaman
Creature — Human Cleric Shaman
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
, Sacrifice a creature: Counter target creature spell.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24729
Brine Shaman trades a creature you control to give a target creature +2/+2 and tap it — relevant disruption stapled onto a body, but the two-mana activation cost on a 1/1 means you're paying three total resources for a tap effect that doesn't permanently answer anything. It earns a slot only in dedicated sacrifice or Walrus tribal shells where the fodder is free.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Brine Shaman is a fringe piece for sacrifice-value decks that can generate cheap or free bodies to feed the activated ability — outside that context, a 1/1 that taxes you two mana and a creature to tap something is too slow for the format's power level. In Pauper, the card is legal but faces stiff competition from removal spells that actually kill the threat rather than tempo it; the ceiling is narrow tribal Walrus builds, which don't exist competitively. Legacy and Vintage have access to Brine Shaman legally, but no competitive shell would run a 1/1 with a conditional tap when one-mana hard removal is abundant. The card's relevant homes are casual Commander pods where the creature type or sacrifice synergy is the point.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Brine Shaman is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero outside casual collectors, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.