Shipbreaker Kraken

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Shipbreaker Kraken: Creature - Kraken, Commander Legends. 6UU: Monstrosity 4. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Kraken
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
6/6
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends (CMR)
Released
2020-11-20
Collector number
404
Artist
Jack Wang
Commander rank
8,536 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Monstrosity

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About Shipbreaker Kraken

Shipbreaker Kraken is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Commander Legends (CMR), a draft-focused set released in November 2020. It is collector number 404 in that set, with art by Jack Wang. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 6/6 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 5 sets, from Theros (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{6}{U}{U}: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When this creature becomes monstrous, tap up to four target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps for as long as you control this creature.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Shipbreaker Kraken 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 Shipbreaker Kraken

Shipbreaker Kraken has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Pioneer Masters (PIO) #72Uncommon2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #50106Rare2015
Theros (THS) #63Rare2013
Theros Promos (PTHS) #63★Rare2013

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Shipbreaker Kraken, newest first.

  • An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.
  • If you lose control of Shipbreaker Kraken between when its last ability triggers and when that ability resolves, the target creatures will become tapped. However, they won't be affected by the other effect and will untap as normal during their controllers' untap steps.
  • Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.
  • If another player gains control of Shipbreaker Kraken, the creatures will no longer be affected by the effect preventing them from untapping, even if you later regain control of Shipbreaker Kraken.
  • If you gain control of a creature that's being prevented from untapping, that creature won't untap during your untap step for as long as you control Shipbreaker Kraken.
  • The ability can target a tapped creature. If a targeted creature is already tapped when it resolves, that creature just remains tapped and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
  • Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.

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