Pouncing Shoreshark

Pouncing Shoreshark card image

Pouncing Shoreshark: Creature - Shark Beast, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Shark Beast
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
4/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
64
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Commander rank
7,119 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash, Mutate

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About Pouncing Shoreshark

Pouncing Shoreshark is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 64 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Mutate {3}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Flash

Whenever this creature mutates, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Pouncing Shoreshark by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Pouncing Shoreshark

Pouncing Shoreshark has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #908Uncommon2022
The List (PLST) #IKO-285Uncommon2020
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80975Uncommon2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #285Uncommon2020

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