---
name: "Soul of Shandalar"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Avatar"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "M15"
set_name: "Magic 2015"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "ac96d27c-dbae-4094-9209-3ef143f64713"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soul-of-shandalar-m15"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Soul of Shandalar
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
{3}{R}{R}: This creature deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker and 3 damage to up to one target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
{3}{R}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: It deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker and 3 damage to up to one target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ash Zealot](/printing/ash-zealot-pio.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Burning Sun's Avatar](/printing/burning-suns-avatar-xln.md) — Creature — Dinosaur Avatar
3. [Avatar of Slaughter](/printing/avatar-of-slaughter-clb.md) — Creature — Avatar
4. [Punish the Enemy](/printing/punish-the-enemy-dgm.md) — Instant
5. [Brothers of Fire](/printing/brothers-of-fire-me1.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
6. [Searing Blood](/printing/searing-blood-tle.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2015 (M15) #163
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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