Shopkeeper's Bane
Creature — Badger Pest
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #16272
Shopkeeper's Bane makes a Food token when it enters and whenever it attacks, turning a simple aggro body into a steady stream of artifacts on the board. Blech, Loafing Pest decks run it because every Food is a trigger waiting to happen — the rate is real, not incidental.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Blech, Loafing Pest
Blech, Loafing Pest cares about Food tokens entering the battlefield, and Shopkeeper's Bane delivers one on ETB and again every attack step, giving Blech a repeatable source of triggers stapled to a creature that pressures life totals at the same time.
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 |
In Commander, Shopkeeper's Bane is a role-player, not a staple — it belongs in Food-matters or artifact-token shells and nowhere else. Outside of those, a 3/2 for three that makes a Food is just a warm body in a format where competition for slots is brutal. In 60-card formats like Standard and Pioneer, it could see fringe play in dedicated Food synergy decks where Agatha's Soul Cauldron or similar payoffs make every token count. Pauper and Modern have enough redundancy at the same mana cost that Shopkeeper's Bane would need a very specific shell to justify inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Shopkeeper's Bane is deep bulk — pick it up from any common box without a second thought. Bulk Food-synergy cards at this price point rarely climb unless a breakout deck in a 60-card format makes the mechanic suddenly relevant, so grab the copies you need now and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Blech, Loafing Pest
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.