Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine: Legendary Creature - Elder Demon, Modern Horizons 3. Flying. Sacrifice another creature: Create a Blood token. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Demon
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
- Released
- 2024-06-14
- Collector number
- 109
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
- Commander rank
- 7,332 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black legendary creature from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 109 in that set, with art by Chris Rallis. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 6/6 creature. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Flying
Sacrifice another creature: Create a Blood token. If you sacrificed an Angel this way, create a number of Blood tokens equal to its toughness instead.
{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, Sacrifice six Blood tokens: Return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Those creatures are Vampires in addition to their other types.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Shilgengar, Sire of Famine by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #366 | Rare | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #480 | Rare | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #109s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Shilgengar, Sire of Famine, newest first.
- You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.
- If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.
- Some triggered abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Blood token." These abilities trigger regardless of why you sacrificed that Blood token.
- Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures. If a permanent with a finality counter on it would go to a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
- If you sacrificed an Angel to pay the cost of Shilgengar's second ability, use the toughness of that Angel as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many Blood tokens to create.
- Finality counters aren't keyword counters, and a finality counter doesn't give any abilities to the permanent it's on. If that permanent loses its abilities and then would go to a graveyard, it will still be exiled instead.
- Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
- Finality counters don't stop permanents from going to zones other than the graveyard from the battlefield. For example, if a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into its owner's hand from the battlefield, it does so normally.
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