Illicit Shipment
Sorcery
Casualty 3 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 3 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #9957
Illicit Shipment is a three-mana unconditional tutor that puts any card directly into your hand — no library shuffle telegraphing, no graveyard detour, just the card you need. The cost is real: three mana at sorcery speed is a significant ask in formats where Demonic Tutor sets the baseline.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Illicit Shipment earns its slot — singleton formats punish inconsistency, and the ability to grab any card in your library at instant-or-sorcery equivalent flexibility matters when you only run one copy of each answer. It won't displace Demonic Tutor or Vampiric Tutor in powered lists, but in budgeted black decks it's a clean alternative to Diabolic Tutor, trading the fourth mana for nothing you'll miss. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, unconditional tutors at three mana are simply too slow against the density of interaction those formats demand. Illicit Shipment is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Illicit Shipment sits firmly in bulk territory — it's an easy inclusion that won't stress any budget. Bulk tutors rarely spike unless a specific combo or commander pushes demand, so expect the price to stay flat.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.