Shenanigans
Sorcery
Destroy target artifact.
Dredge 1 (If you would draw a card, you may mill a card instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #9789
Shenanigans is a repeatable artifact removal spell stapled to a discard outlet — one mana and a card to kill any artifact, with dredge 1 putting it straight back. Decks that want the graveyard as a resource, especially those running Bone Miser or Quintorius, History Chaser, treat every activation as a two-for-one rather than a cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers off spells cast from the graveyard, and Shenanigans dredges back into your deck specifically to be cast again — every artifact you blow up is another step toward triggering Quintorius's damage output, making the two cards a self-sustaining engine.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Shenanigans earns its slot — artifact hate is always relevant across a table of three opponents, and the dredge 1 means a single copy does continuous work rather than rotting in the graveyard after one use. In Pauper it competes with Relic of Progenitus effects and straightforward removal, but any graveyard-matters shell that can afford a one-mana activation cost will find it pulls weight. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly faster interaction, so Shenanigans is niche there — it shows up only in dedicated dredge or reanimator builds that want the graveyard trigger incidentally. The Pioneer and Standard bans are irrelevant to how the card plays everywhere it's legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Bone MiserShenanigansSkirge Familiar
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinite black mana; Near-infinite self-discard triggers
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Shenanigans is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. The price is stable because supply is high and demand stays narrow, but for any deck that wants it, the cost is essentially zero.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.