Frozen Shade
Fourth Edition 138 • common
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 138
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
black mana: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"There are some qualities, some incorporate things, / That have a double life, which thus is made / A type of twin entity which springs / From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade."— Edgar Allan Poe, "Silence"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Frozen Shade was originally released in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, later appearing in the Fourth Edition base set in 1995. As a core component of the early game's creature roster, it served as a fundamental example of the 'shade' archetype, which allows players to sink mana into a creature to increase its power and toughness temporarily. This design mechanics established a high-risk, high-reward strategy that defined black-aligned decks during the game's formative years.
The artwork for the card was created by artist Jesper Myrfors, who served as the original Art Director for Magic: The Gathering. Myrfors’ design was intended to reflect the eerie and spectral nature of shadow-based creatures within the game's gothic-fantasy aesthetic. While the card is often remembered for its classic mechanical utility, it is also notable as a relic of the game's initial visual identity, which leaned heavily into darker, atmospheric fantasy illustration.
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