Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Shadow, Mysterious Assassin, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra, Herald of Hope | 3 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 3 decks
Every version of Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
Extended Art
- Normal
- $0.72
- Foil
- $6.21
- Normal
- $0.31
- Foil
- —
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Shadow, Mysterious Assassin. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
