Valleymaker
Creature — Giant Shaman
, Sacrifice a Mountain: This creature deals 3 damage to target creature., Sacrifice a Forest: Choose a player. That player adds 
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- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #28165
Valleymaker enters and immediately forces a choice: sacrifice a land to deal 3 damage, or sacrifice a Forest to add three mana — both modes on a 5/5 body for six mana. It's a role-player, not a threat, and the effect is too slow and too easy for opponents to work around at that cost.
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 |
Valleymaker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, six mana for a 5/5 that pokes one opponent for 3 or floats three green mana once is well below rate — Gruul decks have better mana sinks and better threats at that spot on the curve. In Legacy and Modern, the cost and effect are nowhere near competitive, and nothing about Valleymaker's text generates the card advantage or tempo those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Valleymaker is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Expect it to stay at that floor indefinitely; nothing in its design points toward a future breakout.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.