Clattering Augur
Creature — Skeleton Shaman
This creature can't block.
When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9321
Clattering Augur drains one life from each opponent every turn it dies and returns — which, under Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker, is every turn. The setup cost is minimal and the payoff scales with the number of opponents, making it a consistent inevitability engine in the decks that want it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Clattering Augur has exactly 1 power, so Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker returns it at end of turn automatically — each loop drains every opponent for one, and the Augur never needs a sac outlet because any death trigger does the work.
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist wants cheap artifacts that can be sacrificed repeatedly, and Clattering Augur fills that role while taxing opponents' life totals every time it cycles through the graveyard.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clattering Augur is a Commander card through and through — its value is entirely cumulative, and 40-life multiplayer games give it the runway it needs to matter. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes in formats where a 1/1 that drains for one is not close to rate. Commander is where the math works: three opponents means three life lost per loop, and recursive loops are trivially assembled in black.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Clattering Augur isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its narrow but genuine role in Shirei builds, it tends to stay cheap — budget players should pick it up without hesitation if the price is low.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.