Shadow Rider
Weatherlight 79 • common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
In its world of complete darkness, it has no shadows to fear.
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
Shadow Rider was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight set, the final installment of the Mirage block in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set focused heavily on the lore of the skyship Weatherlight and its crew, exploring themes of travel, artifacts, and mystical threats within the Dominarian plane. The card was designed as a black-aligned creature, emphasizing the darker, necromantic elements that were central to the set's narrative arc during this period of the game's evolution.
The artwork for the card was provided by veteran illustrator Pete Venters, a prolific artist who contributed to Magic: The Gathering from its early years. Venters sought to capture a sense of unsettling, spectral menace characteristic of the Shadow Rider's flavor text and function. Upon its release, the card became a staple of limited play environments, noted by players for its tactical utility in specific deck compositions during the late 90s competitive scene.
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