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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked
Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit
As Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked enters the battlefield, sacrifice any number of permanents. Shimatsu enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it.
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benzzer853 on Does Infectious Rage Return if …
2 years ago
If I control Infectious Rage (enchanting say a Feral Maaka and cast Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked, sacrificing the maaka and the rage does Infectious Rage's ability still return it to the battlefied?
legendofa on Card creation challenge
3 years ago
Slavomir of the Triumvirate
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue
Spells cost more to cast.
Whenever an opponent pays four or more mana to cast a spell, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
4/5
I hope I did that justice.
Add something to Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked to make it a viable card, keeping the current mana cost, stats, and ability.
Suns_Champion on How bad is a commander …
5 years ago
One of commander's strengths is that you can build a deck with ANY commander and still have a chance to win at most tables. I echo the thoughts of the folks above, you can make a good deck with a bad commander.
That said, it's way more fun to choose commanders that, even if they aren't quite good, they at least do something. For example I built a ETB effect/clone/bounce/flicker Dragonlord Atarka deck and it's awesome: Atarka enemy now!. I also just built a Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor deck I Will Survive | Varchild EDH. Neither commander is particularly good, but they do a thing that I can build around.
Also, for the record, I play a lot of Boros. You can make decks with the bad colors too!
So your thoughts on Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle or Tariel, Reckoner of Souls could be awesome decks! Or Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked + a million token makers! If those commanders are interesting to you, build them! This of course depends highly on how cutthroat your meta is, but some good before-game and early-game politics can help even the playing field for you.
Again, the commander is only 1 of the 100 cards in the deck. It is great to have them do a thing because you get them every game, multiple times a game. So while you can make decks with vanilla legends, I wouldn't. Instead, make decks with commanders that do weird things. Good luck!
Loa_Wolfe on How bad is a commander …
5 years ago
I've been thinking about some commanders that may be underrated or just aren't played much. I know a lot of the legendary creatures that don't see play are bad, as in really bad. Cards like Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked and Ur-Drago don't see play for a reason. So I have two questions to ask: Which commanders are so bad that wouldn't see any play no matter what (basically, what's the floor for a legendary to never see use) and what are some good/okay commanders that are underrated?
I've thought about commanders such as Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle or Tariel, Reckoner of Souls to make decks because I never see them and I'm hoping to find more ideas.
legendofa on
Commanders by Power Level [EDH Tier List]
5 years ago
I freely admit to not being the most EDH-focused player, but it seems to me like the Tier 5: Casual list could be split up. I'm not going to suggest moving any of them up to a higher tier, but even the most casual player (performed here by me) can envision a deck for, say, Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner or Daghatar the Adamant much more easily than Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked or Torsten Von Ursus. I'm going to guess the tier rankings are deeply ingrained in the PlayEDH Discord conversation, but there is an objective difference between "casual" and "unplayable trash", and I submit that right now, there's a much greater spread in power level within Tier 5 alone than between Tiers 1 and 2, or between 2 and 3. Is there any space for a Tier 6?
legendofa on Is a Return to Kamigawa …
6 years ago
Icbrgr The biggest problem with Kamigawa was that it came after the tournament takeover that was Affinity--either you used Affinity, you built specifically against Affinity, or you lost.
After a round of bannings that didn't affect a whole lot (the Ancient Den cycle is still banned in Modern), they decided to reduce the power level of the next set. The resulting mechanics are interesting--Soulshift, Bushido, Ninjutsu, among others--but the cards tended to be overcosted, to the point of uselessness. Takeno's Cavalry is a 4 mana part-time 2/2 with a largely irrelevant ability. Death of a Thousand Stings is 5 mana for a possibly repeatable 2 life swing.
Another problem is that one of the themes was having lots of cards in hand, without providing a lot of draw power. This effectively meant that you were encouraged to to not play spells or lands to keep them in hand.
A final problem was the huge gulf between the best cards and the worst cards. Numai Outcast and Sensei's Divining Top are both uncommon. Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked and Umezawa's Jitte are both rare.
DrukenReaps on
6 years ago
I think these are the demons I will pull out Bloodgift Demon, Eater of Hope, Overseer of the Damned, Silent-Blade Oni, Malfegor, Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked. All of these demons are either low impact or highly situational.