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Sai of the Shinobi

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may attach this Equipment to it.
Equip {2}

CMC
1
Mana cost
{1}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Planechase Anthology
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#15136
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Sai of the Shinobi card art
Sai of the Shinobi gives every equipped creature +1/+1 and trample for free — no equip cost, just attach it to something and swing. Koll, the Forgemaster and Valduk, Keeper of the Flame both want it immediately: Koll recurs it when the creature dies, and Valduk counts it as an Aura or Equipment toward his token generation.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

17.2% of decks · synergy 0.17

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame counts each Equipment attached to him when generating Elemental tokens, and Sai of the Shinobi is zero mana to equip — it's a free count toward that token army every combat step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Sai of the Shinobi is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it does real work. In Legacy and Vintage, zero-equip-cost Equipment exists in stronger forms and creature strategies have faster, more efficient tools. Commander is the sweet spot: the free equip scales across multiple bodies, and the combination of trample and +1/+1 is genuinely relevant in a format where blockers are plentiful and one-shot kills matter.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Sai of the Shinobi is deep bulk — you're not paying for this card, you're just finding it. That price is stable; there's no scarcity holding it up, and it sees enough casual play to stay in print.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.