Shinen of Fear's Chill
Creature — Spirit
This creature can't block.
Channel — 
, Discard this card: Target creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29578
Shinen of Fear's Chill forces all creatures to attack if able — a political grenade that can empty an opponent's board into bad blocks or redirect aggression away from you. Two black mana for a 2/2 with Channel stapled on is the right price for an effect this disruptive.
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 |
In Commander, Shinen of Fear's Chill earns its slot in any black deck that wants to manipulate combat — whether that means baiting opponents into attacking each other or clearing blockers before a kill swing. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive daylight, since the Channel ability dodges counterspells and the effect can be back-breaking in creature-heavy metas. Legacy and Vintage have better tools for the same job, so it rarely shows up there outside of fringe Channel-synergy builds. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in appeal: decks that benefit from forced attacks or need a one-sided alpha strike setup will want it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Shinen of Fear's Chill is pure bulk — zero financial risk to test in a list. Bulk rares with niche utility tend to stay at this floor, so don't expect movement unless a high-profile deck puts forced-attack strategies on the map.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.