Spectral Shepherd
Shadows over Innistrad 38 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 38
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
Flying
1 generic mana blue mana: Return target Spirit you control to its owner's hand.
The restless geists of common folk often continue their lifelong labors.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spectral Shepherd was released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the gothic horror-inspired plane of Innistrad, the expansion focused on themes of madness, transformation, and the corruption of protective spirits. As a white-aligned creature, the card represents the lingering, restless guardians of the setting, designed to provide utility by returning creatures to their owner's hand, reflecting the set's broader mechanical focus on entering-the-battlefield effects.
The card features illustration by Johann Bodin, who worked within the established visual language of the Innistrad block to create a spectral figure that emphasizes the set's somber and haunting aesthetic. The art direction aimed to balance the ethereal, ghostly nature of the shepherd with the tactile reality of the game's creature types. Upon release, it served primarily as a functional common card for limited formats, appreciated by players for its mana efficiency and ability to mitigate losses in combat scenarios.
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