Art: Lius Lasahido · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Legendary Creature — Snake Samurai · from $0.43

Whenever an Aura or Equipment you control enters, create a 2/2 red Spirit creature token with menace. At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each modified creature you control. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

61 of 100 at $5 or less · 38 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
15	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
16	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
17	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
18	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
19	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
20	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
21	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
22	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
23	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
24	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
25	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
26	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
27	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
28	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
29	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
30	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
31	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
32	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
33	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
34	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
35	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
36	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
37	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
38	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
39	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
40	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
41	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
42	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
43	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
44	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
45	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
46	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
47	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
48	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
49	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
50	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
51	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
52	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
53	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
54	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
55	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
56	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
57	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
58	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
59	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
60	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
61	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
62	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
63	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
64	Rootbound Crag	Land	0	$0.23
65	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
66	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
67	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
68	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
69	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
70	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
71	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
72	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
73	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
74	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
75	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
76	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
77	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
78	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
79	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
80	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
81	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
82	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
83	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
84	Spire Garden	Land	0	$6.11
85	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
86	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
87	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
88	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
89	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
90	Storm-Kiln Artist	Creature	4	$1.74
91	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
92	Impact Tremors	Enchantment	2	$2.52
93	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
94	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
95	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
96	Professional Face-Breaker	Creature	3	$4.99
97	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
98	Thrill of Possibility	Instant	2	$0.17
99	Beast Whisperer	Creature	4	$4.27
100	Wild Growth	Enchantment	1	$0.40

Curve of these staples

Combos with Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

The 10 most popular of 30 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Dan Lewis + Peregrin Took
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature tokens · Draw the game · Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite Food tokens
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Goblin Bombardment + Reins of the Vinesteed
Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Phyrexian Altar + Rancor
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Phyrexian Altar + Reins of the Vinesteed
Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Ashnod's Altar + Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Reins of the Vinesteed
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Blasting Station + Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Reins of the Vinesteed
Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Doubling Season + Phyrexian Altar + Whip Silk
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Crown of Flames + Doubling Season + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Altar of Dementia + Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Reins of the Vinesteed
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade + Parallel Lives + Phyrexian Altar + Whip Silk
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Precons led by Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Official preconstructed decks with Chishiro, the Shattered Blade at the helm.

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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