Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Betrayers of KamigawaBOK · #81
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Spirit
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.42 € · ★ 13.54 € · 1.05 $ · ★ 46.33 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Wayne Reynolds
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-02-04
Rulings
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.
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.
