Shiv's Embrace
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20274
Shiv's Embrace turns any creature into a flying, firebreathing threat — +1/+1, flying, and the ability to pump power with red mana on demand — but four mana to enchant and the vulnerability of aura placement make it a slow, fragile route to pressure. It earns a slot only in decks that want the firebreathing synergy specifically, not as a generic buff.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shiv's Embrace is a niche inclusion: firebreathing scales well in a format with 40 life totals and large mana pools, but four-mana auras that don't replace themselves are easy two-for-one targets. Competitive and midrange tables will punish the investment before you get full value, so it belongs in dedicated Voltron or dragon-tribal shells where the commander already demands an answer. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it sees essentially no play — faster clocks and more efficient threats make a four-mana enchantment that doesn't affect the board immediately unplayable. Oathbreaker has slightly more room for Voltron-style strategies, but the same removal-vulnerability concern applies.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Shiv's Embrace isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. As a casual-tier enchantment with limited competitive demand, it typically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing — worth picking up for pennies if the deck calls for it, but not a card to track down urgently.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.