Soul of Shandalar
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First strike
: This creature deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker and 3 damage to up to one target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls., Exile this card from your graveyard: It deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker and 3 damage to up to one target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #22254
Soul of Shandalar puts a 6/6 with first strike and trample on the board for six mana — that's a legitimate clock — and the activated abilities let you deal direct damage to players and permanents even from the graveyard. The cost is real: six mana for a vanilla-statted body with no immediate enters-the-battlefield effect is slow in any powered environment.
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 |
Soul of Shandalar is essentially a Commander card — the format's slower pace and multiplayer life totals give the activated abilities room to matter over multiple turns. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply too slow and too low-impact to compete; a six-mana 6/6 with no immediate effect gets outclassed by threats that win the game faster or protect themselves better. Commander is where the graveyard ability has genuine utility, letting you recycle damage output after your opponent removes the creature. Oathbreaker shares Commander's singleton, higher-life context but the smaller deck size and lower starting life total make it marginally more viable than the 60-card formats, though still fringe.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Soul of Shandalar is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a bulk bin rather than order. Don't expect the price to move; casual demand exists but nothing in its design profile suggests it breaks out of this tier.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.