Shape of the Wiitigo
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, put six +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature if it attacked or blocked since your last upkeep. Otherwise, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #24348
Shape of the Wiitigo lands a creature with at least +6/+6 in power and toughness — and that number grows every upkeep as long as you have a green creature — for six mana at sorcery speed. The catch is that the enchanted creature loses all other abilities, which makes this a finisher on a blank body, not an upgrade to something that already matters.
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 of the Wiitigo is a Commander card — the one-creature-at-a-time focus, the high mana cost, and the multi-upkeep payoff all match a format where games run long and a single indestructible threat can close things out. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; six-mana sorcery-speed Auras don't compete in environments where the game often ends by turn two or three. Modern is the same story — the card is too slow and too narrow to see meaningful play. Commander is where Shape of the Wiitigo finds its niche: counter-doubling commanders and proliferate synergies turn the upkeep accumulation into a real clock, and losing the enchanted creature's abilities matters less when your deck is built around raw stats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Shape of the Wiitigo is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or a bulk rare lot, not on any buylist. It's a niche Commander card with a narrow use case, so don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile counter synergy deck pushes demand.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.