Looming Shade
Ninth Edition 142 • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 142
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
black mana: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
On darkness feeding, in nightmares breeding.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Looming Shade was printed in the Ninth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, released by Wizards of the Coast in 2005. As a core set, Ninth Edition was designed to provide a foundational pool of cards for players, featuring a mix of reprints from across the game's history to maintain standard playability and introduce new players to iconic mechanics and creature types.
The card features artwork by Christopher Rush, one of the most prolific and influential early illustrators for the game. His design for Looming Shade leans into the classic horror aesthetic of the black mana color identity, utilizing dark, moody brushwork to convey a sense of dread. It serves as a mechanical example of the 'shade' creature archetype, which allows players to temporarily boost a creature's power and toughness by spending black mana.
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