Slithering Shade
Dissension 55 • uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Collector number
- 55
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
black mana: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Hellbent — This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as you have no cards in hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Slithering Shade was released in 2006 as part of Dissension, the third and final set in the Ravnica: City of Guilds block for Magic: The Gathering. This set focused on the final three guilds of the plane of Ravnica, with Slithering Shade aligned with the Dimir, an secretive organization of information brokers and assassins. The card was designed to function within the block's emphasis on multicolored mechanics and guild-specific themes.
The artwork for Slithering Shade was created by Aleksi Briclot, a prolific fantasy illustrator known for his dynamic character designs. Briclot sought to embody the shadowy, elusive nature of the Dimir guild, utilizing a dark, atmospheric palette to convey the creature's ethereal and lethal qualities. Upon release, the card was received as a functional addition to limited play environments, typical of the common-rarity creatures that define the baseline experience of a Magic set.
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