First printed in Secret Lair Drop (2025)

Shadow the Hedgehog

Legendary Creature — Hedgehog Mercenary

Haste
Whenever Shadow the Hedgehog or another creature you control with flash or haste dies, draw a card.
Chaos Control — Each spell you cast has split second if mana from an artifact was spent to cast it. (As long as it's on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (7 of 6150). Most played in Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce.

Combos

15 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Pack Rat + Shadow the Hedgehog + Workhorse
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Phyrexian Altar + Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God + Thermopod
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God + Woe Strider
Near-infinite artifact tokens, Infinite card draw…: Shadow the Hedgehog + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + The Locust God
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God + Viscera Seer
Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Shadow the Hedgehog + The Locust God

See all 15 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Commander Other periods →

In 7 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

7 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce	0.7%	5%
Rowan, Scion of War	0.7%	5%
Dihada, Binder of Wills	0.4%	9%
Smaug, Wicked Worm	0.0%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Blood Crypt	86%	5.8
Jeska's Will	86%	2.8
Pyroblast	86%	2.7
Red Elemental Blast	86%	2.5
Hexing Squelcher	86%	2.4
Dark Ritual	86%	2.1
Gamble	86%	2.0
Demonic Tutor	86%	1.8
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	86%	1.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Avery Young in Tabletop Tavern \| Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026	0-5 0%
Dihada, Binder of Wills Tan Sea Jan in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Chase Rodgers, 24 Oct	1 main	#40 0-3
Rowan, Scion of War Jiří Stibor, 24 Oct	1 main	#18 1-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Avery Young, 17 Oct	1 main	#27 0-5
Dihada, Binder of Wills Maxim, 10 Oct	1 main	#18 0-2
Smaug, Wicked Worm Samuel Rhodes, 4 Oct	1 main	#54 0-4
Rowan, Scion of War Jiří Stibor, 4 Oct	1 main	#31 0-4
Dihada, Binder of Wills Tan Sea Jan, 3 Oct	1 main	#58 0-5

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.