Shriekhorn
Artifact
This artifact enters with three charge counters on it.
, Remove a charge counter from this artifact: Target player mills two cards.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #17258
Shriekhorn is a zero-mana artifact that mills three cards over three activations — cheap to cast, slow to execute, and capped at a fixed ceiling. Outside of dedicated graveyard or counter-manipulation shells like The Capitoline Triad, that ceiling is rarely worth a deck slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Capitoline Triad
The Capitoline Triad wants to load the graveyard fast and cheaply, and Shriekhorn's zero-mana entry point lets it contribute mill on turn one before the engine takes over — each charge counter spent is a trigger waiting to happen.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shriekhorn is a niche piece: three cards of mill across a whole game is negligible against 100-card libraries unless you're refreshing its charge counters or looping it repeatedly. Graveyard-centric decks that can abuse proliferate, blink, or artifact recursion are the only homes where it pulls its weight. In Pauper, the common-legal mill landscape is competitive and Shriekhorn's low output makes it a fringe option at best. Legacy and Vintage have faster, higher-volume mill and combo options that simply outclass it. Treat Shriekhorn as a Commander-first card, and even there, only in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Shriekhorn is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It's stable at this price because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Capitoline Triad
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.