---
name: "Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "676"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Flavio Girón"
oracle_id: "7b5c3d28-6d8b-488b-b088-567b24faadc7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shirei-shizos-caretaker-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step if Shirei is still on the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Go-Shintai of Life's Origin](/printing/go-shintai-of-lifes-origin-sld.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — Shrine
2. [Nether Spirit](/printing/nether-spirit-mmq.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Hell's Caretaker](/printing/hells-caretaker-leg.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Kami of Empty Graves](/printing/kami-of-empty-graves-sok.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Pit Keeper](/printing/pit-keeper-j22.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Undertaker](/printing/undertaker-tsb.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #676
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Flavio Girón
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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