Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress
Creature — Snake Shaman // Legendary Creature — Snake Shaman
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: Create a 1/1 green Snake creature token. If you control ten or more creatures, flip this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #19986
Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress is a token engine and a sacrifice outlet stapled together — the front side makes 1/1 Snake tokens whenever you cast a creature spell and flips into Shidako once you hit ten Snakes, and the back side lets you sacrifice Snakes to pump creatures. The cost is real: ten tokens is a steep flip condition, and Shidako's pump requires sacrificing creatures you just made.
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 |
Commander is where Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress does its best work, specifically in token-go-wide or Snake tribal shells that already want a critical mass of creatures on board — the flip condition arrives naturally when you're casting creature after creature. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but entirely outclassed; no competitive shell wants a three-mana creature whose payoff takes ten triggers to unlock. Modern is the same story: the card is too slow and too conditional to compete with the format's efficiency bar. Oathbreaker offers a second home if your planeswalker generates or rewards Snake tokens, but Commander is by far the most forgiving environment for a card that needs time and volume to function.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Bulk flip cards rarely climb unless a new Commander precon or tribal support pushes them into the spotlight, so treat it as a cheap pickup for Snake or token builds and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.