Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Mana Value

5

Rarity

mythic

Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon

{2}{U}{R}{W}
Color Identity: R U W

Card Text

Flying, vigilance When Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Power/Toughness: 4/5

Keywords

Flying Vigilance

Set

Tarkir: Dragonstorm

(TDM)

EDHREC Rank

#11,360

Commander Legal

✓ Can be your Commander

You cast the copy while Shiko’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.

Wotc — April 04, 2025

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Wotc — April 04, 2025

If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

Wotc — April 04, 2025

If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Wotc — April 04, 2025

If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.

Wotc — April 04, 2025

A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn’t “created” and won’t interact with abilities that care about tokens being created.

Wotc — April 04, 2025

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