Shinra Reinforcements
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature enters, mill three cards and you gain 3 life. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #12784
Shinra Reinforcements puts multiple bodies on the board in one card, and Emet-Selch, Unsundered turns that token flood directly into resources or pressure. The cost is real — this is not a two-mana play — but the board state it generates justifies the slot in the right shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Emet-Selch, Unsundered wants a steady stream of creatures entering the battlefield, and Shinra Reinforcements delivers multiple triggers at once — that's not incremental value, it's a burst.
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir rewards stacking the board with bodies, and Shinra Reinforcements fills that role efficiently by dropping several creatures from a single spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Shinra Reinforcements earns its keep — the singleton format rewards cards that generate immediate, multi-piece board presence, and token-generating spells that trade one card for several creatures age well in a 100-card format where card advantage is scarce. In Pauper, token strategies are viable but the card faces stiff competition from cheaper, higher-volume options at common. Across competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, Shinra Reinforcements is too slow and insufficiently impactful against the threats those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Shinra Reinforcements sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up in any common/uncommon box without a second thought. Bulk rares rarely climb unless a deck archetype pushes them into high demand, so treat this as a cheap functional inclusion rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.