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Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
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Shadow, Mysterious Assassin

{2}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

Deathtouch

Throw — Whenever Shadow deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice another nonland permanent. If you do, draw two cards and each opponent loses life equal to the mana value of the sacrificed permanent.

3 / 3

Deathtouch
Set
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC #148)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Wisnu Tan
EDHREC rank
#5,828
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.27
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Interceptor, Shadow's Hound 79 %+78.1 %
  2. Shadow of Mortality 75 %+73.7 %
  3. Access Tunnel 63 %+60.4 %
  4. Junji, the Midnight Sky 65 %+60.0 %
  5. Bygone Colossus 58 %+57.2 %
  6. Key to the City 59 %+56.8 %
  7. Huskburster Swarm 55 %+54.6 %
  8. Rogue's Passage 74 %+54.5 %
  9. Hollow Marauder 55 %+54.0 %
  10. Brotherhood Regalia 53 %+50.4 %
  11. Solemn Simulacrum 70 %+49.2 %
  12. Avatar of Woe 49 %+47.6 %
  13. Chitin Gravestalker 47 %+46.6 %
  14. Whispersilk Cloak 51 %+45.2 %
  15. Restart Sequence 45 %+43.9 %
  16. Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist 45 %+43.0 %
  17. Gorex, the Tombshell 43 %+42.5 %
  18. Thieves' Tools 44 %+42.2 %
  19. Ninja's Blades 42 %+41.5 %
  20. Metamorphosis Fanatic 43 %+41.2 %
  21. Anticausal Vestige 42 %+41.1 %
  22. Writhing Necromass 40 %+39.2 %
  23. Archpriest of Shadows 38 %+37.3 %
  24. Kokusho, the Evening Star 40 %+36.1 %
  25. The Cauldron of Eternity 36 %+35.7 %
  26. Nine-Lives Familiar 43 %+34.8 %
  27. Silver Shroud Costume 36 %+34.5 %
  28. Stitch Together 34 %+30.9 %
  29. Persist 34 %+30.6 %
  30. Stitcher's Supplier 36 %+30.2 %
  31. Bloodghast 42 %+29.4 %
  32. Swiftfoot Boots 61 %+29.4 %
  33. Perigee Beckoner 29 %+28.5 %
  34. Not Dead After All 40 %+28.4 %
  35. Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress 30 %+27.4 %
  36. Shizo, Death's Storehouse 37 %+26.4 %
  37. Dross Golem 27 %+26.3 %
  38. Undying Malice 37 %+26.3 %
  39. Ichor Wellspring 28 %+26.2 %
  40. Ravenous Chupacabra 30 %+25.9 %
  41. Trailblazer's Boots 28 %+25.9 %
  42. Troll of Khazad-dûm 28 %+25.2 %
  43. Sepulchral Primordial 27 %+24.7 %
  44. Morbid Opportunist 49 %+24.6 %
  45. Wound Reflection 28 %+24.3 %
  46. Supernatural Stamina 32 %+23.9 %
  47. Ancient Stone Idol 24 %+23.1 %
  48. Marshmist Titan 23 %+22.8 %
  49. Noxious Gearhulk 29 %+22.1 %
  50. Genji Glove 23 %+21.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 95 %-0.3 %
  2. Sol Ring 85 %-0.4 %
  3. Interceptor, Shadow's Hound 79 %+78.1 %
  4. Shadow of Mortality 75 %+73.7 %
  5. Rogue's Passage 74 %+54.5 %
  6. Solemn Simulacrum 70 %+49.2 %
  7. Arcane Signet 66 %+4.5 %
  8. Junji, the Midnight Sky 65 %+60.0 %
  9. Jet Medallion 65 %+2.7 %
  10. Dark Ritual 63 %-3.9 %
  11. Access Tunnel 63 %+60.4 %
  12. Swiftfoot Boots 61 %+29.4 %
  13. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 60 %+9.4 %
  14. Key to the City 59 %+56.8 %
  15. Bygone Colossus 58 %+57.2 %
  16. Reanimate 56 %+14.9 %
  17. Huskburster Swarm 55 %+54.6 %
  18. Hollow Marauder 55 %+54.0 %
  19. Feed the Swarm 54 %+3.7 %
  20. Brotherhood Regalia 53 %+50.4 %
  21. Whispersilk Cloak 51 %+45.2 %
  22. Avatar of Woe 49 %+47.6 %
  23. Crypt Ghast 49 %+2.0 %
  24. Morbid Opportunist 49 %+24.6 %
  25. Bojuka Bog 49 %+1.7 %
  26. Cabal Coffers 48 %-7.2 %
  27. Chitin Gravestalker 47 %+46.6 %
  28. Withering Torment 47 %+15.6 %
  29. Victimize 47 %+19.0 %
  30. Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist 45 %+43.0 %
  31. Restart Sequence 45 %+43.9 %
  32. Thieves' Tools 44 %+42.2 %
  33. Nine-Lives Familiar 43 %+34.8 %
  34. Gorex, the Tombshell 43 %+42.5 %
  35. Metamorphosis Fanatic 43 %+41.2 %
  36. Bloodghast 42 %+29.4 %
  37. Ninja's Blades 42 %+41.5 %
  38. Anticausal Vestige 42 %+41.1 %
  39. Lightning Greaves 41 %+7.3 %
  40. Kokusho, the Evening Star 40 %+36.1 %
  41. Not Dead After All 40 %+28.4 %
  42. Writhing Necromass 40 %+39.2 %
  43. Animate Dead 39 %+21.5 %
  44. Malakir Rebirth 39 %+15.1 %
  45. Malakir Rebirth 39 %+15.1 %
  46. Archpriest of Shadows 38 %+37.3 %
  47. The Darkness Crystal 38 %+17.4 %
  48. Shizo, Death's Storehouse 37 %+26.4 %
  49. Undying Malice 37 %+26.3 %
  50. The Cauldron of Eternity 36 %+35.7 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06

    If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

  • 2025-06-06

    Use the mana value of the sacrificed permanent as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life each opponent loses.

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