Silverback Shaman
Creature — Ape Shaman
Trample
When this creature dies, draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #11330
Silverback Shaman puts a 6/4 body on the board that replaces itself immediately — the draw trigger is unconditional, so you're never paying five mana for nothing. In Kibo, Uktabi Prince decks specifically, every card drawn off a Banana token chains directly into this kind of value engine, making it a clean inclusion rather than a debatable one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Kibo, Uktabi Prince hands Banana tokens to every player, and Silverback Shaman cashes in whenever any opponent draws off one — including during their own turn — turning Kibo's political currency into a one-sided card advantage machine for you.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Silverback Shaman is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only Commander gives it a real home. Competitive non-rotating formats have no interest in a five-mana 6/4 that draws one card when cheaper, faster threats exist at every turn. Pauper is theoretically legal but the card isn't at common, so it's off the table there in practice. The draw trigger is genuinely powerful at the Commander table where five-mana spells are routine and card advantage compounds over a longer game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Silverback Shaman is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order individually. Bulk rares without broad format demand rarely climb unless a new commander dramatically warps their context, so this one is purely a pickup-while-building card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.