Storm Shaman
Creature — Human Cleric Shaman
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Deckmasters
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #30369
Storm Shaman gives an artifact creature +1/+0 and indestructible until end of turn for one red mana — a dirt-cheap way to protect a key piece or push through a block. It's a narrow role-player that earns a slot only in decks that live and die by one or two specific artifact creatures.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Storm Shaman is a fringe inclusion — decks built around a single artifact creature like a Construct token engine or an equipment-heavy beatstick can use it to dodge targeted removal or force through combat damage, but most lists have better protection options. In Pauper, the common-only restriction makes every cheap trick more meaningful, and Storm Shaman can pull real weight in artifact aggro shells where protecting an Atog or similar threat decides games. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to ignore it entirely. The sweet spot is Pauper, with Commander as a distant second in dedicated artifact-creature builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Storm Shaman is firmly bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. That price is stable by default; there's no spike catalyst in sight, so pick it up if you need it and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.