Shimian Night Stalker
Creature — Nightstalker
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: All damage that would be dealt to you this turn by target attacking creature is dealt to this creature instead.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30026
Shimian Night Stalker forces an opponent to redirect all damage dealt to them by a single target to the Stalker instead — a politically loaded ability that can intercept a lethal attack or shut down a player's combat entirely. The cost is a 2/2 body for four mana that doesn't survive the first redirect it eats, which makes it fragile enough to rarely be worth 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 |
In Commander, Shimian Night Stalker occupies a narrow political niche: it can absorb a killing blow aimed at a player you want to protect, or bait an opponent into wasting an alpha strike. That's a real effect, but four mana for a 2/2 that dies the moment it absorbs anything is hard to justify in a 100-card format where permanent redirection effects like Pariah do the same job without the fragility. In Legacy and Vintage, Shimian Night Stalker is technically legal but sees no competitive play — the effect is too conditional and the body too small for formats that end games before political dynamics matter. It's a Commander card by nature, and even there it's a fringe consideration.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Shimian Night Stalker isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow application and low demand, expect bulk-rare territory — almost certainly under a dollar and not worth paying a premium for.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.