Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Spirit
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Commander Masters #676 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
Whenever a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step if Shirei is still on the battlefield.
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker has 4 printings, first in Betrayers of Kamigawa (2005). EDHREC ranks it #9,088 among Commander cards. It appears most in Taborax, Hope's Demise decks (569 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Taborax, Hope's Demise: 569 decks
- Loot, the Anomaly: 297 decks
- Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist: 229 decks
- He Who Hungers: 76 decks
- Mabel, Bitter Recluse: 12 decks
- General Chang, Cold Warrior: 1 decks
- Jacob Frye: 1 decks
Often played with Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Shirei's ability only triggers if the creature's power immediately before leaving the battlefield is 1 or less, regardless of its power in your graveyard.
- : Shirei's ability triggers if a creature you own with power 1 or less dies under another player's control.
- : If Shirei leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield after a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard, Shirei is considered a new object. The delayed triggered ability won't return the creature to the battlefield.
- : Shirei's ability can't return any creatures that died before Shirei entered the battlefield.