Shambling Shell
Ravnica: City of Guilds 230 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 230
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Joel Thomas
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Sacrifice this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
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
Shambling Shell was released in the 2005 Magic: The Gathering set Ravnica: City of Guilds, marking the introduction of the Golgari Swarm, a guild defined by the cycle of life and death. The card was designed to highlight the Dredge mechanic, a signature ability of the set that allows players to return the card from their graveyard to their hand by milling their own library, thematic to the Golgari's role as the rot-farm of the cityscape.
The artwork was illustrated by Dave Dorman, a celebrated artist known for his atmospheric, painterly approach to fantasy and science fiction. His depiction of the Shambling Shell emphasizes the grotesque, organic nature of the creature, blending fungal growth with decaying matter to capture the essence of Ravnica's subterranean ecosystem. Upon its debut, the card was widely recognized for its utility in graveyard-focused strategies and its clear expression of the set's mechanical identity.
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