First printed in Betrayers of Kamigawa (2005)

All 2 prints

The List (PLST) #BOK-159, 2024
Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #159, 2005

Shuko

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Equip 0 generic (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

MTGO price: 0.22 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 1.0% of Legacy decks played it (11 of 1103). Most played in Cephalid Breakfast. In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (1 of 6150). Most played in Emry, Lurker of the Loch.

Combos

60 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Shuko (+ 1 other requirement)
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Semblance Anvil + Shuko
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Shuko + Urza's Incubator
Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Illusionist + Shuko
Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Goblin Bombardment + Koll, the Forgemaster + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Shuko
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Goblin Bombardment + Koll, the Forgemaster + Memnite + Shuko
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Goblin Bombardment + Koll, the Forgemaster + Ornithopter + Shuko
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Koll, the Forgemaster + Shuko + Skirk Prospector
Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Crookshank Kobolds + Goblin Bombardment + Koll, the Forgemaster + Shuko
Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Crimson Kobolds + Goblin Bombardment + Koll, the Forgemaster + Shuko

See all 60 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern 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 Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Legacy Other periods →

In 11 of 1103 decks (1.0%).

Share of decks

1.0%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

11 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.0

in the main deck

Win rate

65%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Cephalid Breakfast	1.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Cephalid Illusionist	100%	100.3
Nomads en-Kor	100%	100.3
Dread Return	100%	50.1
Narcomoeba	100%	50.1
Thassa's Oracle	100%	14.3
Cabal Therapy	100%	12.3
Meticulous Archive	100%	10.6
Tundra	100%	6.8
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar	100%	5.8
Urza's Saga	100%	5.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Cephalid Breakfast TrbnN in Legacy Showcase Challenge	6-3 67%
Cephalid Breakfast Bill Brown in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%
Cephalid Breakfast Shaun Sunkara in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	4-2 67%
Cephalid Breakfast Maurice Lenz in Emjati's Eternal Sunday III - Legacy	3-2 60%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Cephalid Breakfast casper_x, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
Cephalid Breakfast AngusMTG, 27 Oct	2 main	5-0
Cephalid Breakfast TrbnN, 25 Oct	2 main	#32 6-3
Cephalid Breakfast Bill Brown, 24 Oct	2 main	#7 4-2
Cephalid Breakfast koira_simo, 20 Oct	2 main	5-0
Cephalid Breakfast TrbnN, 15 Oct	2 main	5-0
Cephalid Breakfast L4rss0n, 7 Oct	2 main	5-0
Cephalid Breakfast MercSavage, 4 Oct	2 main

Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 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
Emry, Lurker of the Loch	0.0%	33%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Emry, Lurker of the Loch Ezra Menard, 18 Oct	1 main	#41 0-4

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