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Ire Shaman

Creature — Orc Shaman

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Megamorph {R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Masters 25
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#21740
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Ire Shaman card art
Ire Shaman hits the board as a 2/1 with menace, and when it dies you exile the top card of your library and get to cast it until end of turn — repeatable card advantage stapled to a cheap recursive threat. The cost is real: Missy needs to be cast from the graveyard to trigger the exile, so the engine doesn't run without a way to feed it back in.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Ire Shaman finds its home in Goblin tribal decks and sacrifice loops where recurring cheap creatures is already the gameplan — the free cast off the top turns every death into a potential spell. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have largely ignored it; two mana for a 2/1 with a conditional ETB-on-recursion isn't competitive tempo. Legacy and Vintage don't want it either — the card pools there offer far more efficient card advantage engines. Ire Shaman is a Commander card through and through, and even there it occupies a narrow niche.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Ire Shaman is deep bulk — easy to acquire and easy to cut without regret. It won't hold or gain value, but if the combo line fits your deck, the entry cost is essentially zero.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.