Shauku's Minion
Creature — Human Minion
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: This creature deals 2 damage to target white creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30992
Shauku's Minion deals damage equal to its power to target creature whenever it attacks — conditional spot removal stapled to a beater, gated behind a tribal lord or pump effect to make the numbers matter. Without a consistent way to raise its power, the damage output is too low to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shauku's Minion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the effect is theoretically interesting in Rakdos or Grixis builds that can pump creatures repeatedly, but far more efficient options exist for both combat damage and creature removal. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana 2/2 with a conditional ability. Oathbreaker's smaller game size doesn't create a niche for it either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Shauku's Minion is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder and stays there. There's no demand driver that would push this price meaningfully, so treat it as a filler pick at best.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.