Art: Lee Woo-chul · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
GLegendary Creature — Human Warrior Hero · from $10.18
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
{T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of creature sources.
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
58 of 100 at $5 or less · 36 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 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 15 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 16 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 17 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 18 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 19 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 20 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 21 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 22 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 23 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 24 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 25 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 26 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 27 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 28 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 29 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 30 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 31 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 32 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 33 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 34 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 35 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 36 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 37 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 40 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 41 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 42 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 43 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 44 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 45 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 46 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 47 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 48 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 49 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 50 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 51 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 52 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 53 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 54 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 55 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 56 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 57 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 58 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 59 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 60 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 61 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 62 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 63 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 64 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 65 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 66 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
| 67 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 68 | Return of the Wildspeaker | Instant | 5 | $1.51 |
| 69 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 70 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 71 | Hardened Scales | Enchantment | 1 | $1.85 |
| 72 | Tireless Provisioner | Creature | 3 | $2.33 |
| 73 | Doubling Season | Enchantment | 5 | $29.62 |
| 74 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 75 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 76 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 77 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 78 | Mosswort Bridge | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 79 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 80 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 81 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 82 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 83 | Beast Whisperer | Creature | 4 | $4.27 |
| 84 | Wild Growth | Enchantment | 1 | $0.40 |
| 85 | Crop Rotation | Instant | 1 | $3.60 |
| 86 | Fyndhorn Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.96 |
| 87 | Secluded Courtyard | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 88 | Ornithopter of Paradise | Creature | 2 | $0.35 |
| 89 | The Great Henge | Artifact | 9 | $63.38 |
| 90 | Sensei's Divining Top | Artifact | 1 | $36.48 |
| 91 | Sword of the Animist | Artifact | 2 | $2.79 |
| 92 | Explore | Sorcery | 2 | $0.15 |
| 93 | Mithril Coat | Artifact | 3 | $27.09 |
| 94 | Scute Swarm | Creature | 3 | $8.51 |
| 95 | Rishkar's Expertise | Sorcery | 6 | $1.72 |
| 96 | Mox Opal | Artifact | 0 | $229.58 |
| 97 | Unclaimed Territory | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 98 | Mox Diamond | Artifact | 0 | $1108.66 |
| 99 | Harrow | Instant | 3 | $0.33 |
| 100 | Foundry Inspector | Creature | 3 | $0.28 |
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Most played with Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
The 25 most-played cards in 30 settled top-16 lists running Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu at 16+ player events since Jul 11, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.
| # | Card | Played in | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allosaurus Shepherd | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 2 | Arbor Elf | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 3 | Archdruid's Charm | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 4 | Ashaya, Soul of the Wild | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 5 | Badgermole Cub | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 6 | Birds of Paradise | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 7 | Boseiju, Who Endures | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 8 | Chord of Calling | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 9 | Circle of Dreams Druid | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 10 | Crop Rotation | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 11 | Dryad Arbor | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 12 | Eldritch Evolution | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 13 | Elvish Mystic | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 14 | Elvish Spirit Guide | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 15 | Finale of Devastation | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 16 | Forest | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 17 | Formidable Speaker | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 18 | Fyndhorn Elves | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 19 | Gaea's Cradle | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 20 | Gemstone Caverns | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 21 | Green Sun's Zenith | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 22 | Legolas's Quick Reflexes | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 23 | Llanowar Elves | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 24 | Lotus Petal | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
| 25 | Magus of the Candelabra | 100% · 30 of 30 | 12 |
Combos with Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
The 10 most popular of 48 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Enduring Vitality + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens
Cryptolith Rite + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + Springleaf Parade + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens
Elven Chorus + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens
Citanul Hierophants + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens
Circle of Dreams Druid + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite blinking of some creatures · Infinite green mana · Infinite storm count
Priest of Titania + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite blinking of some creatures · Infinite green mana · Infinite storm count
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite blinking · Infinite colored mana · Infinite storm count
Fanatic of Rhonas + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Top finishes
The 8 most recent of 44 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 3rd of 27 — Demonic Battlegrounds 3 - cEDH Tournament 2026 on Topdeck.ggOct 10, 2026 · 2–1–3 · by Markus [INTIM]
- 12th of 29 — Urban Legends 4 on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Joshua cook
- 4th of 22 — CEDH on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by pigeonize (Level 7)
- 5th of 43 — Sonoma Con cEDH $3K on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 3–3–0 · by Tomas Palpallatoc
- 7th of 84 — Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 4–1–1 · by Allan Chong Wan Loon
- 12th of 19 — CEDH ccc 10-2-26 on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 0–1–2 · by Stitch mtg
- 2nd of 16 — VG+ Cedh Melee LXXXII Single Elimination on Topdeck.ggOct 1, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by Styrofoam
- 10th of 18 — Infiniti World Commander CEDH El anillo Único on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by David Freijo
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.