Shamanic Revelation
Sorcery
Draw a card for each creature you control.
Ferocious — You gain 4 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Neon Dynasty Commander
- Price
- $1.06
- EDHREC rank
- #371
Shamanic Revelation reads as a six-mana draw-X spell in any creature-heavy deck, and when your board is wide it regularly draws five or more cards and gains matching life. Hazel of the Rootbloom treats each card drawn as a trigger, turning Shamanic Revelation from a refuel spell into an engine ignition.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hazel of the Rootbloom
Hazel of the Rootbloom cares about every individual card drawn, so Shamanic Revelation doesn't just refill your hand — it fires Hazel's ability once per creature on board, making a wide battlefield directly translate into a chain of value triggers.
Witherbloom, the Balancer
Witherbloom, the Balancer trades life totals as a resource, and Shamanic Revelation supplies both halves of that equation — mass card draw to find your payoffs and a life swing large enough to manipulate the gap between players.
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile populates and attacks with a growing herd of tokens and copies, so Shamanic Revelation routinely draws six or more cards off a developed board — that's the refuel a token-combat deck needs after committing everything to a swing.
Wort, the Raidmother
Wort, the Raidmother can conspire Shamanic Revelation, copying it for free with two tapped Goblin tokens — doubling a six-mana draw spell into two triggers that each count your entire board is exactly the kind of absurd late-game payoff Wort is built to enable.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire builds a wide fungal board that makes Shamanic Revelation a consistent multi-card refill, and the life gain keeps the deck afloat long enough to leverage all those new cards.
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 |
Shamanic Revelation is a Commander card through and through — the wider your board, the bigger the payoff, and Commander is the format where a five-creature board on turn six is table stakes rather than exceptional. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too expensive and too reliant on board state to earn a slot; there are faster, less conditional draw spells at every turn count. Legacy and Vintage have access to the same speed problem and better alternatives. Oathbreaker can support it in the right creature-wide shell, but Commander is where Shamanic Revelation is actually good.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.06 cheap tier
At $1.06, Shamanic Revelation sits in the tier of staples you slot without budgetary hesitation. It's seen enough reprintings to stay cheap, and that price is unlikely to spike given its narrow but consistent Commander home.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Hazel of the Rootbloom
- Witherbloom, the Balancer
- Ghired, Conclave Exile
- Wort, the Raidmother
- Shroofus Sproutsire
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.