Shepherd of Rot
The List ONS-168 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- ONS-168
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $0.43
What it does
tap: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.
"My priests swore loyalty to the Cabal not until death, but beyond it."— Cabal Patriarch
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
Shepherd of Rot was originally printed in the 2002 Onslaught set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed as an uncommon zombie creature that embodies the set's graveyard-focused mechanics, rewarding players for flooding the battlefield with zombie tokens at the expense of their own life total. The card serves as a key piece in tribal-themed decks, reflecting the gothic horror aesthetic that defined the Onslaught block's narrative.
The artwork was illustrated by Justin Sweet, who utilized a dark, atmospheric style to capture the morbid nature of the card. His depiction of the shepherd amidst a decaying horde aligns with the high-fantasy grimness common in the game's early 2000s era. When it appeared in The List—a curated selection of reprints inserted into modern booster packs—it allowed newer players to access older, thematic cards that might otherwise be forgotten in the game's expansive history.
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