Drogskol Shieldmate
Creature — Spirit Soldier
Flash
When this creature enters, other creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25037
Drogskol Shieldmate enters with a ward counter on each Spirit you control — a stackable, persistent form of protection that punishes opponents for targeting your board piece by piece. The cost is three mana for a 2/1 body, which is underpowered on its own, so this card lives or dies by the size of your Spirit count.
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 |
Drogskol Shieldmate is a Commander card through and through — it needs a critical mass of Spirits to justify its slot, and tribal synergy is far easier to assemble across 99 cards than in 60-card formats. In Pauper it's legal but competes for space in a format where tempo is everything and a 2/1 for three that doesn't immediately stabilize the board rarely makes the cut. Modern and Pioneer have more powerful Spirit payoffs, but those formats move fast enough that ward counters on your own creatures rarely matter before the game is over. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at any cost. Commander is where Spirit density is realistic and a board-wide ward effect actually changes how opponents sequence their removal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Drogskol Shieldmate is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate unless they land on a ban list or get featured in a high-profile combo, and neither scenario is in sight here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.