Shardless Agent
Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7113
Shardless Agent staples a free cascade trigger onto a 2/2 body — you're not paying three mana for a creature, you're paying three mana to flip the top of your deck into a spell. The cost is variance: cascade is random, and in Commander that means occasionally whiffing into a land or a one-drop when you needed interaction; pair it with Averna, the Chaos Bloom and that variance becomes pure profit.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Averna, the Chaos Bloom
Averna, the Chaos Bloom turns every cascade trigger into a free land drop, so Shardless Agent isn't just a body with a bonus — it's an accelerant that advances your mana base the moment it hits the battlefield. An 83% inclusion rate in Averna decks makes this the single most obvious slot the card occupies in the format.
Maelstrom Wanderer
Maelstrom Wanderer already wants the cascade chain to run as deep as possible, and Shardless Agent adds another link at the three-mana slot — hitting it off a Wanderer cascade means you get a body, a free spell, and the chain keeps rolling. About 27% of Wanderer lists run it, which feels low given how cleanly it fits.
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid rewards spells cast from everywhere-but-hand, and cascade qualifies — Shardless Agent fires off a free spell that counts toward Kellan's triggers without spending an additional card. Nearly a quarter of Kellan decks include it, and the overlap between cascade value and Kellan's adventure-style payoffs makes that number easy to justify.
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 |
In Commander, Shardless Agent is a role-player that overperforms in cascade-matters builds and sits on the fringe of general good-stuff Temur or Sultai piles. Legacy is where Shardless Agent built its reputation — it was the backbone of Sultai Cascade for years, chaining into Ancestral Vision and Hymn to Tourach for free. Modern legality gives it a home in fringe cascade shells, though the format has faster threats that crowd it out of most lists. Vintage has it legal but the power ceiling there is high enough that a three-mana 2/2 rarely makes the cut outside of specific cascade or Yawgmoth's Will interactions.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Shardless Agent at the moment — check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for current buylist and retail numbers. Given its Legacy history and steady Commander demand in cascade builds, it has historically carried a meaningful price tag, so verify before buying.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Averna, the Chaos Bloom
- Maelstrom Wanderer
- Kellan, the Kid
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.