Impaler Shrike

First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)

Impaler Shrike

Creature — Phyrexian Bird

Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, draw three cards.

"Interrogation is an unnecessary step for acquiring information."
—Politus, Gitaxian morphologist

3/1

Illustrated by: Nils Hamm
Watermark: Phyrexian

Legality

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).

Commander In 1 of 6159 decks (0.0%), most in Muddle, the Ever-Changing

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Muddle, the Ever-Changing	0.0%	100%

Played together with

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Best win rate

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Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

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