Nightmare Shepherd
Theros Beyond Death 315 • rare
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Collector number
- 315
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Tyler Jacobson
- Market price
- $2.32
What it does
Flying
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nightmare Shepherd was released in early 2020 as part of the Theros Beyond Death expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set returned players to the plane of Theros, a world deeply inspired by Greek mythology and the concept of the underworld. This card was designed as a rare creature intended to embody the set's themes of death, recurrence, and the thin veil between the living and the departed.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, a long-time contributor to the game. Voss utilized a distinctive, ethereal art style to capture the creature as a spectral guide overseeing the cycle of life and death. Upon its release, it was well-received by players for its synergy with sacrifice-based strategies, quickly becoming a staple in competitive formats that rewarded the reuse of creature abilities.
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