Card
Shantotto, Tactician Magician
Mana cost {1}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Wizard 0/4
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Shantotto gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. If X is 4 or more, draw a card.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 18 known combos. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · FIN · #241
- Cheapest printing
- €0.11
- EDHREC salt
- 0.34
- Color identity
- Red, Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
18 known combos.
- Shantotto, Tactician Magician + Mind Over Matter + Empowered Autogenerator + Fanning the Flames
Produces: Infinite charge counters on a permanent, Infinite colored mana, Infinite self-discard triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Shantotto, Tactician Magician + Mind Over Matter + Empowered Autogenerator + Change of Heart
Produces: Infinite charge counters on a permanent, Infinite colored mana, Infinite self-discard triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Shantotto, Tactician Magician + Mind Over Matter + Empowered Autogenerator + Sprout Swarm
Produces: Infinite charge counters on a permanent, Infinite colored mana, Infinite self-discard triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
Shantotto's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast