Inkfathom Infiltrator
Shadowmoor 167 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 167
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Market price
- $0.43
What it does
This creature can't block and can't be blocked.
No one can navigate the dank maze of Shadowmoor's rivers better than the cruel and covetous merrows. They use the currents to steal—and to steal away.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Inkfathom Infiltrator was introduced in the 2008 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Shadowmoor, a set thematic for its dark, gothic reimagining of the plane of Lorwyn. The card was designed to embody the set's focus on hybrid mana costs, requiring a mix of blue and black mana, which mechanically reflected the creature's duality as an unblockable rogue. This design choice was intended to challenge players to manage multicolored resources in a landscape characterized by eerie, supernatural transformation.
The card's artwork, illustrated by Aleksi Briclot, captures the ethereal and elusive nature of the creature, utilizing the murky, high-contrast aesthetic typical of the Shadowmoor visual identity. Briclot's depiction of the Infiltrator—a figure blending seamlessly into the shadowy, distorted architecture of the world—received praise for effectively communicating the card's 'fear' and 'unblockable' mechanics. It remains a notable example of the artistic synergy achieved during the block's transition to a more sinister tone.
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