Marrow Shards
Instant
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Marrow Shards deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #18955
Marrow Shards hits every attacking creature for 1 damage — at instant speed, for a single white mana — and that damage triggers Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot's death clause on anything with exactly 1 toughness. It's a sweeper in the right shell and a tempo play in every other one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot turns Marrow Shards into a one-mana board wipe against token swarms and weenie attacks, since every creature dealt exactly 1 damage dies to Taii's replacement effect — at instant speed, during the declare attackers step.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Marrow Shards is a niche but efficient defensive tool — most valuable in Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot builds where it doubles as mass removal, and playable as cheap interaction in any white deck that wants to punish wide aggro. In Legacy and Vintage, the card has never found a home; white has better cheap removal, and the combat restriction limits it to reactive play only. Modern sees it occasionally in fringe white prison or hatebear lists, but dedicated attack-punishment effects with higher ceilings edge it out. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic — if your planeswalker synergizes with damage-based removal, Marrow Shards is worth a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Marrow Shards is bulk, and it will stay there — demand is narrow enough that only Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot players actively seek it out. Pick up as many as you need without hesitation; there's no reason to overthink a two-dime card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.