Shadowstorm Vizier
Creature — Human Cleric
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #24266
Shadowstorm Vizier turns every discard into a free +1/+1 counter and a point of flying damage — which in the right shell means every loot or cycling trigger is also a clock. Two mana for a 1/3 flyer is unimpressive on its own, but the payoff scales hard enough in discard-matters decks that the body barely matters.
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 |
In Commander, Shadowstorm Vizier earns a slot in any discard-matters build — wheels, cycling payoffs, or Niv-Mizzet-style draw engines will trigger it multiple times per turn cycle, and the flying body means the damage actually reaches opponents. Constructed formats tell a different story: in Modern and Pioneer the competition at two mana is too stiff, and Shadowstorm Vizier's triggers are too dependent on a discard theme to justify the build-around cost in a more cutthroat field. Legacy and Vintage have the discard density to make it functional, but the ceiling is still low next to format staples. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same discard-matters commanders who want it there want it here too.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Shadowstorm Vizier is deep bulk — grab a playset without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that the price won't move unless a discard-matters commander becomes a breakout hit and pulls the whole archetype up with it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.