Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Legendary Creature — Spirit
Whenever a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step if Shirei is still on the battlefield.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #8921
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker turns every death trigger into a free recursive loop — anything with power 1 or less that dies while Shirei is in play returns to the battlefield at end of turn, making even throwaway creatures like Coretapper into renewable resources. The cost is real: Shirei is a five-mana legendary that does nothing until the next end step, so if it eats a removal spell before cleanup, you've lost the engine before it fired.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker reaches its ceiling — as the commander, it defines the entire deck architecture around low-power creatures with enter-the-battlefield or sacrifice triggers, generating loops that most tables struggle to disrupt once the engine stabilizes. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but five mana for a slow value engine competes with formats that end games on turns one through three, so Shirei never sees serious play there. It is illegal in Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper, which covers the formats where it might otherwise find a niche.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerCoretapperMagistrate's Scepter
Infinite turns; Lock
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Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker is deep bulk — a mythic-tier effect available for less than a pack of sleeves. That price reflects low casual demand more than low power; dedicated Shirei Commander decks are niche enough that there's no spike pressure pushing it up, so the floor here is stable.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.