Myrel, Shield of Argive
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Whenever Myrel attacks, create X 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $20.73
- EDHREC rank
- #1494
Myrel, Shield of Argive shuts down your opponents' instants and flash spells on your turn while flooding the board with Soldier tokens — and in any deck running Time Sieve, that token army doubles as an extra-turns engine. Five mana is a real ask, but the combination of passive protection and aggressive token production makes her one of the strongest white five-drops in Commander Mustard lists and beyond.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commander Mustard
Commander Mustard's token-wide gameplan turns Myrel, Shield of Argive into both a protective shell and a win condition — Myrel's end-step token generation scales with every Soldier already in play, and the lockout clause keeps opponents from answering either at instant speed on your turn.
Commissar Severina Raine
Commissar Severina Raine drains opponents for each token that dies or enters, so the growing Soldier count Myrel, Shield of Argive produces every end step translates directly into life loss and sacrifice fodder without needing combat.
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor already wants a dense Soldier board, and Myrel, Shield of Argive both adds to that count autonomously and protects the setup by preventing opponents from interacting during your turn.
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Winota, Joiner of Forces needs non-Human attackers to trigger, and Myrel, Shield of Argive conveniently produces Human Soldier tokens — meaning each Myrel token that attacks the following turn fires off a Winota trigger.
Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Caesar, Legion's Emperor rewards you for sending tokens to their deaths, and Myrel, Shield of Argive supplies a fresh stream of Soldier tokens each end step to keep that sacrifice and damage engine running consistently.
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 Myrel, Shield of Argive does her best work — the passive lockout is significantly more punishing in a four-player game where opponents collectively hold dozens of instant-speed responses, and the token generation compounds rapidly with any Soldier synergy or anthem effect. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but purely a casual curiosity; five mana is an eternity in those formats and the effect doesn't match what those decks are trying to do. Modern and Pioneer see occasional white token shells, but Myrel faces stiff competition from cheaper payoffs and rarely makes the cut in competitive lists. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if she's your signature spell's commander equivalent, given how aggressively her lockout shuts down the format's typically instant-heavy interaction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FuryRising of the DayMyrel, Shield of Argive
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FurySmellerbee, Rebel FighterMyrel, Shield of Argive
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryAngerMyrel, Shield of Argive
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
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Breath of FuryFervorMyrel, Shield of Argive
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Precinct Captain and Benalish Marshal cover parts of what Myrel, Shield of Argive does — token generation and a board-wide buff respectively — for well under a dollar each, though neither brings the instant-speed lockout that makes Myrel genuinely taxing to play against. If the protection clause is the draw, Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir fills a similar role in blue-white shells, though he's a different color and a different price point; the honest truth is that no single budget card replicates both halves of Myrel, Shield of Argive simultaneously.
Price Context
Current price
$20.73 premium tier
At $20.73, Myrel, Shield of Argive sits in the premium tier — justified by a unique combination of abilities that has no direct one-card substitute. Demand from Soldier tribal and token strategies keeps the floor stable, so this isn't a card likely to crater without a reprint announcement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.