Shinestriker
Creature — Elemental
Flying
Vivid — When this creature enters, draw cards equal to the number of colors among permanents you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #11704
Shinestriker hands every creature you control double strike for the turn — that's a full combat step rerun on your entire board, not just one attacker. The cost is real: five mana at sorcery speed means telegraphing it a mile away, but in the right deck, one swing ends the game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ashling, the Limitless
Ashling, the Limitless copies spells and generates massive bodies, so Shinestriker turns a single alpha strike into a lethal double-damage close — every pumped creature swings twice, and Ashling's self-doubling counters make the math brutal fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shinestriker is a Commander card through and through — the effect is too slow and too expensive for Modern or Pioneer, where five mana at sorcery speed buys you a game-ending threat outright, not a combat trick. In Legacy and Vintage the same logic applies harder; no competitive shell wants this. Standard is the only other format where it could see fringe play in a go-wide aggro list looking for a finisher, but the competition at five mana is steep there too. Stick to Commander, where you can build around it, protect it, and swing for lethal with a board already stacked with counters or tokens.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Shinestriker is bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck calls for it. Bulk rares with narrow, build-around effects like this rarely spike unless a new commander breaks the mechanic wide open, so don't expect much movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.