Elves of Deep Shadow
Ravnica: City of Guilds 161 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 161
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Justin Sweet
- Market price
- $5.40
What it does
tap: Add black mana. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
Cast out of the Conclave generations ago, these elves found a home in the corrupted districts of the Golgari.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Elves of Deep Shadow was originally printed as a common creature card in the 2005 Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion. Set within the ecumenopolis of Ravnica, the card represents the Golgari Swarm, a guild defined by its mastery over life and death. The design reflects this alignment by forcing the player to lose one life to produce black mana, a mechanical representation of the Golgari philosophy that survival requires sacrifice.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Justin Sweet, who captured the grim aesthetic of the Ravnica plane. His depiction moves away from traditional, whimsical portrayals of elves, instead presenting a figure shadowed and grounded in the decaying environment of the undercity. The card has remained a staple in various Magic: The Gathering formats, valued by players for its efficient mana acceleration within the specific color identity of black and green.
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