Shape Anew
Sorcery
The controller of target artifact sacrifices it, then reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal an artifact card. That player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles all other cards revealed this way into their library.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #22049
Shape Anew destroys a target artifact you control and replaces it with the first artifact off the top of your library — which means in a deck built around it, that's always the artifact you want. Four mana at sorcery speed is the tax, but when the payoff is cheating an Blightsteel Colossus or Darksteel Forge into play on turn four, the cost is irrelevant.
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 |
Shape Anew is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format lets you load your deck with exactly one high-impact artifact and treat Shape Anew as a tutor-plus-cheat-into-play stapled together. In Legacy and Vintage it's seen fringe play in Eggs-style or artifact combo shells, but faster and more consistent options crowd it out at those power levels. Modern has similar problems: the four-mana sorcery speed is punishing in a format where interaction comes faster and cheaper. Commander remains the format where Shape Anew does exactly what it promises, especially in artifact commanders that generate expendable tokens to sacrifice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Shape Anew is deep bulk — a four-of combo enabler with real applications priced like a draft filler card. That price is stable; casual and combo demand keeps a floor under it, but it's unlikely to spike unless a new artifact commander makes a mainstream splash.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.