Makindi Shieldmate
Creature — Kor Soldier Ally
Defender
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #23781
Makindi Shieldmate enters with a +1/+1 counter and hands one to each ally that enters alongside it — a reasonable snowball on a 1/2 body for two mana. The payoff is entirely conditional on building around the Ally subtype, and outside that context it's a vanilla 1/2 with no text that matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Makindi Shieldmate is a card for one format and one archetype: Commander Ally tribal. In Legacy, Vintage, and Modern it's outclassed by every competitive option at two mana, and the Ally synergy package doesn't exist at those tables. Pauper is the one non-Commander venue where budget creature synergies get room to breathe, but even there an Ally shell lacks the density to compete. In Commander, it belongs in dedicated Ally decks — Tazri, Beacon of Unity being the obvious home — and nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Makindi Shieldmate is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a commons box. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike without a new Ally commander printing that meaningfully raises the ceiling on the archetype.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.