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Krark-Clan Shaman

Creature — Goblin Shaman

Sacrifice an artifact: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Mirrodin
Price
$7.22
EDHREC rank
#17866
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Krark-Clan Shaman card art
Krark-Clan Shaman turns a pile of artifacts into a repeatable board wipe, paying one mana per artifact sacrificed to deal one damage to each creature without flying — and in artifact-heavy decks, that number gets large fast. Think of it less like a removal spell and more like Sonic the Hedgehog spinning through a crowd: the more junk you feed it, the cleaner the board gets.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Krark-Clan Shaman does its best work in Commander, where artifact token producers like Goblin Bombardment engines and Treasure generators give it a near-infinite fuel source and the sweeper effect compounds across four players. In Pauper it sees fringe play in artifact sacrifice shells where the incremental damage adds up, but the common format's smaller board states make each activation matter less. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more efficient ways to wipe boards, so Krark-Clan Shaman doesn't make the cut in those formats outside of niche brews. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamic closely enough that the same artifact-dense builds that love it there will love it here.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Mechtitan Core and Grinding Station scratch different itches, but for raw 'sacrifice artifacts, hurt creatures' functionality, Reckless Fireweaver and Impact Tremors cover part of the job at pennies — they redirect damage to players rather than creatures, so they don't replace Krark-Clan Shaman's board-control role. Goblin Sharpshooter is the closest true alternative in creature-pinging territory, though it requires tap activations rather than sacrifice fuel and doesn't scale the same way.

Price Context

Current price

$7.22 mid tier

At $7.22, Krark-Clan Shaman sits in mid-tier pricing for a card with a narrow but dedicated home — it's not a staple you'll find in every artifact deck, which keeps demand modest and the price relatively stable. The low reprint history is the main reason it hasn't dropped further, so if a Commander precon ever picks it up, expect that price to fall fast.

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