Shield Dancer
Creature — Human Rebel
: The next time target attacking creature would deal combat damage to this creature this turn, that creature deals that damage to itself instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #23483
Shield Dancer redirects a creature's attack back at itself — a one-sided combat trick that can kill an attacker without losing your blocker. The three-mana activation cost is real, but the threat of activation changes how opponents swing at you.
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 |
Shield Dancer sees essentially no play in Legacy or Vintage — formats too fast and spell-based to care about a three-mana tap activation on a 1/3. Commander is the only home where Shield Dancer has any argument: slower games, repeated attack steps, and political tables mean the deterrent effect actually accrues value over multiple turns. Even in Commander it's fringe, outcompeted by creatures that tax or punish attackers passively rather than requiring open mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Shield Dancer is deep bulk — you're not buying it for financial upside. It holds that floor because demand is low and supply is plentiful, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.