Springjack Shepherd
Creature — Kithkin Wizard
Chroma — When this creature enters, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token for each white mana symbol in the mana costs of permanents you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #16819
Springjack Shepherd enters and immediately floods the board with 0/1 Goat tokens equal to your devotion to white — in a white-heavy deck, that's four to seven bodies off a single four-mana play. The cost is real: at four mana for a 2/4 with no evasion, you're paying a premium for a one-time effect that folds to a single board wipe.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Springjack Shepherd is worth serious consideration, and only in dedicated white-devotion or token-storm shells — think Heliod, Sun-Crowned or Teysa Karlov lists that can convert a pile of 0/1s into sacrifice fodder or anthem targets. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's strictly outclassed by more efficient token producers, and the devotion payoff rarely lines up in those formats' faster, more color-diverse environments. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a white-heavy signature spell setup might squeeze value out of it, but that's a narrow window.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Springjack Shepherd is deep bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for a sleeve. That price is stable by default rather than by demand, so don't expect movement unless a devotion-to-white commander spikes on EDHREC.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.