Card
Shredder, Shadow Master
Mana cost {3}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Ninja 5/5
Whenever Shredder attacks a player, for each other opponent, create a token that's a copy of Shredder tapped and attacking that player, except it isn't legendary. Sacrifice those tokens at end of combat. Whenever Shredder deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
Part of 4 known combos, 4 of them two-card. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · TMC · #20
- Cheapest printing
- €0.55
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Black
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class (early with Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
4 known combos, 4 of them two-card.
- Shredder, Shadow Master + Bloodletter of Aclazotz
Produces: Each opponent loses the game, Infinite lifeloss
View on Commander Spellbook - Shredder, Shadow Master + Wound Reflection
Produces: Each opponent loses the game, Infinite lifeloss
View on Commander Spellbook - Shredder, Shadow Master + Archfiend of Despair
Produces: Each opponent loses the game, Infinite lifeloss
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
The token copies will have Shredder's abilities. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
In the unusual case where Shredder becomes a copy of something else while his last ability is on the stack but before it resolves, the tokens will enter as a copy of whatever Shredder is copying. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Although the token copies created by Shredder's first ability enter attacking, they were never declared as attacking creatures. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when those tokens enter attacking. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
If Shredder leaves the battlefield before his last ability resolves, the tokens will still enter as a copy of Shredder, using Shredder's copiable values from when he was last on the battlefield. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
The tokens don't copy whether Shredder is tapped or untapped, whether he has any counters on him or Auras attached to him, or any non-copy effects that have changed his types, color, and so on.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast