Mirrorshell Crab
- Mana cost
- {5}{U}{U}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Crab
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 7
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty #63 (common)
- Price
- $0.29 USD
Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.)
Channel — {2}{U}, Discard this card: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}.
Mirrorshell Crab has 2 printings, first in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022). EDHREC ranks it #8,516 among Commander cards. It appears most in Charix, the Raging Isle decks (1,691 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Mirrorshell Crab most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Charix, the Raging Isle: 1,691 decks
- Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists: 1,602 decks
- Golbez, Crystal Collector: 1,366 decks
- Homer, the Hermit: 1,157 decks
- Urza, Powerstone Prodigy: 413 decks
- Red Death, Shipwrecker: 288 decks
- Brinelin, the Moon Kraken: 2 decks
- Beetle, Legacy Criminal: 2 decks
Often played with Mirrorshell Crab
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a channel ability requires a target, you may not activate it without a target just to discard the card.
- : Discarding the card is part of the cost to activate a channel ability.
- : If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.