---
name: "Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Partner", "Menace"]
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "519"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Josu Hernaiz"
oracle_id: "a1a1761c-88e5-40b4-ba4c-60735c054b09"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ikra-shidiqi-the-usurper-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/7
- **Keywords:** Partner, Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

> *"Now the scaled ones rule Tarkir."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tymna the Weaver](/printing/tymna-the-weaver-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar](/printing/kediss-emberclaw-familiar-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental Lizard
3. [Cazur, Ruthless Stalker](/printing/cazur-ruthless-stalker-otc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Ellie, Vengeful Hunter](/printing/ellie-vengeful-hunter-sld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Survivor
5. [Cindering Cutthroat](/printing/cindering-cutthroat-blb.md) — Creature — Lizard Assassin
6. [Defiling Daemogoth](/printing/defiling-daemogoth-soc.md) — Creature — Demon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #519
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Josu Hernaiz
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`