Honor-Worn Shaku is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
: Add
. Tap an untapped legendary permanent you control: Untap this artifact.
Complete guide
Honor-Worn Shaku is a versatile artifact that provides a steady stream of colorless mana while offering a unique way to reuse itself. By leveraging your legendary permanents, you can generate multiple mana in a single turn. This card is a staple for decks that feature many legendary creatures, planeswalkers, or even legendary lands.
What it Does
Honor-Worn Shaku has two distinct abilities. First, it can be tapped to produce one colorless mana. Second, it features a special activated ability that allows you to tap any untapped legendary permanent you control to untap Honor-Worn Shaku itself. This includes not just creatures, but any card type with the 'Legendary' supertype.
How it Resolves Step by Step
When you want to maximize your mana, you first tap Honor-Worn Shaku for mana. Then, you activate its second ability by choosing an untapped legendary permanent you control and tapping it as the cost. Note that this cost does not use the tap symbol, so you can even tap legendary creatures that have 'summoning sickness.' Once the ability resolves, Honor-Worn Shaku becomes untapped and ready to be used again.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is assuming that tapping a legendary permanent to untap the Shaku counts as an activated ability of that legendary permanent. In reality, tapping the permanent is the cost paid for the Shaku's ability. Additionally, players sometimes forget that legendary lands or artifacts can also be used to pay this cost, provided they are untapped.
When to Play It
This artifact excels in Commander or any format where you consistently control your general or other legendary pieces. It acts as a powerful engine when paired with legendary permanents that don't need to tap for their own effects, effectively turning every legendary card you own into a mana source.
Interaction examples
With just Honor-Worn Shaku on the battlefield, you can tap it during your main phase to add one colorless mana to your mana pool. This is its simplest function as a mana rock.
Swiftfoot BootsIf you control a legendary creature equipped with Swiftfoot Boots, that creature can be tapped to untap Honor-Worn Shaku. Because Swiftfoot Boots is not legendary, it cannot be tapped to trigger the Shaku's ability, but the legendary creature it protects can be used immediately even if it was just played.
Arcane SignetIn a scenario where you have both artifacts, you can tap Arcane Signet for colored mana and Honor-Worn Shaku for colorless mana. If you then play a legendary creature, you can tap that creature to untap Honor-Worn Shaku, allowing you to tap the Shaku a second time for even more mana.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Honor-Worn Shaku
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed + Honor-Worn Shaku + Patriar's Seal + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's other ability by tapping King Macar, untapping Honor-Worn Shaku.
- 3Pay
and tap Patriar's Seal to activate it's last ability, untapping King Macar. - 4King Macar triggers, exiling target creature and creating a Gold token.
- 5Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Gold token and Honor-Worn Shaku, untapping Patriar's Seal.
- 6Activate the tapped Gold token by sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat from step 2 until all opponent' creatures are exiled.
- 8Repeat from step 2 whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog + Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Honor-Worn Shaku
- 1Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Traxos, untapping Honor-Worn Shaku.
- 3Activate Sensei's Divining Top's second ability by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and put Sensei's Divining Top on top of your library.
- 4Cast Sensei's Divining Top from the top of your library by paying .
- 5Traxos triggers, untapping itself.
- 6Repeat.
Squee, the Immortal + Honor-Worn Shaku + Runaway Steam-Kin + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Squee, adding
. - 2Cast Squee from your graveyard by paying .
- 3Runaway Steam-Kin triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
- 4Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Squee, untapping Honor-Worn Shaku.
- 5Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 6Repeat two additional times.
- 7Activate Runaway Steam-Kin by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Cadric, Soul Kindler + Honor-Worn Shaku
- 1Cast Saffi Eriksdotter by paying
. - 2When Saffi Eriksdotter enters the battlefield, Cadric triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Saffi Eriksdotter, untapping Honor-Worn Shaku.
- 4Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Cadric trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Saffi Eriksdotter.
- 6Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping the Saffi Eriksdotter token, untapping Honor-Worn Shaku.
- 7Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 8Activate the Saffi Eriksdotter token by sacrificing it, targeting the nontoken Saffi Eriksdotter.
Gran-Gran + Tolarian Kraken + Honor-Worn Shaku
- 1Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Gran-Gran, adding
- 2Gran-Gran triggers, causing you to loot.
- 3Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to untap Gran-Gran.
- 4Repeat.
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean + Sinking Feeling + Honor-Worn Shaku
- 1Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Tui and La.
- 3Tui and La's first ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 4Resolve the Honor-Worn Shaku ability, untapping it.
- 5Activate Tui and La by paying and putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 6Tui and La's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Repeat.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw + Honor-Worn Shaku + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Magda.
- 3Magda triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Honor-Worn Shaku ability, untapping it.
- 5Activate a Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
. - 6Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Magda.
- 7Repeat.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw + Honor-Worn Shaku + Pemmin's Aura
- 1Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Magda.
- 3Magda triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Honor-Worn Shaku ability, untapping it.
- 5Activate a Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying , untapping Magda.
- 7Repeat.
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