Sharae of Numbing Depths
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
When Sharae enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Whenever you tap one or more untapped creatures your opponents control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #7194
Sharae of Numbing Depths turns every tap effect you control into a free Icy Manipulator trigger — opponents can't untap tapped creatures, which shuts down combat and activated abilities simultaneously. The catch is a three-mana 1/3 body that does nothing without a tap-matters shell already in place, but Hylda of the Icy Crown builds exactly that shell, making Sharae an automatic include in 88% of those decks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown generates tokens or draws cards whenever you tap an opponent's creature, and Sharae of Numbing Depths layers a soft lock on top — tapped creatures stay tapped, so Hylda's triggers compound across every turn cycle rather than resetting.
Kros, Defense Contractor
Kros, Defense Contractor hands out goad counters, forcing opponents' creatures to attack — Sharae of Numbing Depths completes the trap by preventing those creatures from untapping after they swing, stranding blockers and threatening a permanent board stall.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sharae of Numbing Depths is legal in every major constructed format but has found exactly one home worth discussing: Commander. In competitive 60-card formats the effect is too conditional — three mana for a 1/3 that needs a tap engine already running is unplayable in Legacy or Modern, where cheaper and more self-sufficient lock pieces exist. Pioneer and Standard offer more forgiving competition, but the payoff still requires significant infrastructure that those formats don't reliably support. Commander is where Sharae of Numbing Depths operates at its ceiling, slotting into tap-matters decks as a recursive stax piece that multiplies the work every Ice Cage and Icy Manipulator effect is already doing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Sharae of Numbing Depths sits firmly in bulk territory despite showing up in nearly 12,000 Hylda decks. That gap between play rate and price reflects heavy supply from recent print runs — don't expect the floor to move unless a new tap-matters commander pushes demand sharply upward.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.