Homarid Shaman
Creature — Homarid Shaman
: Tap target green creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.82
- EDHREC rank
- #25103
Homarid Shaman taps to give target blue creature -2/-1 until end of turn — a repeatable but slow debuff that rarely changes the board in a meaningful way. Four mana to deploy and a tap activation with no built-in untap means the effect is too narrow and too expensive to justify a slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Homarid Shaman is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a four-mana creature that only affects blue creatures is a liability — most tables run multiple colors, and a conditional -2/-1 tap ability doesn't answer threats or generate advantage. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in this effect at this cost. Oathbreaker suffers the same math: the activation is too slow and too narrow to matter in any 20-life format either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.82 bulk tier
At $0.82, Homarid Shaman sits at the low end of bulk rare territory — priced about right for a card that sees no competitive play. Don't expect the price to move; there's no realistic demand driver here.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.