Neyam Shai Murad
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Rogue Trader — Whenever Neyam Shai Murad deals combat damage to a player, you may have that player return target permanent card from their graveyard to their hand. If you do, that player chooses a permanent card in your graveyard, then you put it onto the battlefield under your control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #16249
Neyam Shai Murad lets you tutor any card from your library directly to your hand — the catch is that an opponent gets to do the same. That symmetry keeps it out of cutthroat pods, but in the right shell where you can break parity, it's a tutor for three mana with no other restrictions.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Neyam Shai Murad sees all of its play, and even there the symmetry clause is a real cost — three opponents each getting a free tutor is a lot to hand out. The card earns its slot in decks that can immediately win or lock the game off the tutored piece, so the opponent's copy never matters. Legacy and Vintage are both legal, but neither format wants a three-mana sorcery-speed tutor that gifts your opponent an equal effect when faster, cleaner options exist. Oathbreaker is legal and shares Commander's pod dynamic, where the symmetry drawback is similarly punishing unless you're closing immediately.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Neyam Shai Murad sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes sense for a card with a built-in symmetry clause that limits where it's actually good. The price reflects its narrow home rather than weak design — if more synergistic shells emerge, the floor is already low enough that there's nothing to lose picking up copies.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.