Perilous Shadow
Return to Ravnica 74 • common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 74
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
1 generic mana black mana: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
There are some shadows that even the Dimir fear.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Perilous Shadow was released in 2012 as part of the Return to Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common black creature card, it was designed to support the Draft environment and the mechanics associated with the Golgari Swarm guild, which emphasizes graveyard interaction and self-replenishment. The card reflects the grim, subterranean aesthetic of the Ravnica plane, specifically focusing on the rot and decay pervasive in the undercity.
The artwork was illustrated by Dave Kendall, who contributed several pieces to the set, aiming to capture the shadowy and unsettling nature of the Golgari. His design leans into high-contrast silhouettes and organic, alien anatomy to convey the creature's menace. Upon its release, the card was widely utilized in Limited formats as a reliable mana sink for late-game board states, though it saw minimal play in competitive Constructed formats due to the high mana cost required to activate its pump ability.
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