Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Menace
Other legendary creatures you control have menace.
Whenever you play a legendary land or cast a legendary spell, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander
- Price
- $2.05
- EDHREC rank
- #4349
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge turns every legendary spell into a free card — menace on a 2/4 for four mana is the tax, and it's a reasonable one. Dihada, Binder of Wills players run it as a secondary draw engine, but Shanid earns a slot anywhere the legendary theme is the core strategy.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Dihada, Binder of Wills runs a legendary-dense gameplan where every Saga and legendary permanent is already pulling weight — Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge layers on card advantage that compounds turn over turn as Dihada's tutoring and protection spells hit the board.
Jodah, the Unifier
Jodah, the Unifier casts legendary creatures in cascading chains, and Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge converts each of those triggers into drawn cards, keeping the hand stocked so Jodah's discount never runs dry.
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 the only format where Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge is genuinely at home — legendary-matters synergies scale with the 100-card singleton environment, and the draw trigger fires constantly in any deck built around the type. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no competitive play; four mana for a 2/4 that requires a legendary-heavy build is too narrow and too slow for those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, where it could slot into a legendary-tribal shell, but the card pool is thin enough there that dedicated support rarely materializes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.05 cheap tier
At $2.05, Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge sits in the cheap tier — strong enough to be a staple in its archetype but printed at a rarity and volume that keeps the price anchored. It's a low-risk pickup for any legendary-matters build, and nothing on the horizon is likely to push that price meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.