Suspicious Shambler
Creature — Zombie
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #23911
Suspicious Shambler is a two-mana 2/2 that transforms into a menace-granting lord when it dies — the back face is the whole point. The front face is just a cheap body waiting to become a payoff; run it in decks that want sacrifice fodder or zombie tribal synergies, skip it everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Suspicious Shambler is a Commander card almost by definition — the transform trigger rewards sacrifice-loop engines and tribal synergies that simply don't have room in faster formats. In Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, a two-mana 2/2 with a death trigger is too slow and too low-impact to compete. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where budget zombie or aristocrats shells might find a slot, though better common options exist at the same cost. In Commander, zombie tribal commanders or sacrifice-matters builds are where Suspicious Shambler actually earns its spot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Suspicious Shambler is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any common box or bulk lot. Bulk rares rarely climb without a competitive breakout, and there's no indication this one is headed there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.