Shapers of Nature
Creature — Merfolk Shaman
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #18262
Shapers of Nature converts excess mana into +1/+1 counters and card draw on a single 3/3 body — the engine is real, but the three-mana activation cost on each half means it only pulls weight in decks that generate significant mana surplus. Run it in counters or Merfolk shells that hit threshold; cut it everywhere else.
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 |
Commander is the correct home for Shapers of Nature — slow, repeatable engines are tolerated here in a way they aren't elsewhere, and the card fits naturally into +1/+1 counter commanders and Simic value piles that routinely flood the board with mana. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply too slow and too low-impact to compete; the three-mana activation for a single counter, then another three for a single card, loses badly to anything proactive at that cost. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's pace that the card is playable there in the right build, but it's still fringe.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Shapers of Nature sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk rares at this price rarely move unless a new commander pushes them into demand, and nothing on the horizon does that for Shapers of Nature.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.