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◇ Catalog #180

Death's Shadow

mb2·#180·rare·foil

Illus. Howard Lyon

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Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$9.51+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $8.81 · low $8.02

NM$8.51

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$7.86–$8.98modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $11low $3.30range 231.5%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,298 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$8.51

Nonfoil$0.89

Gameplay

Creature — Avatar

This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim.

13/13

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2020-08-07wotc

If your life total is negative, X is considered to be 0.

2020-08-07wotc

Death's Shadow's ability applies only while Death's Shadow is on the battlefield. In all other zones, its power and toughness are 13.

2020-08-07wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, your life total is your team's life total.

2020-08-07wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $8.51. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.30 and $10.94 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MB2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #180 of *Mystery Booster 2*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Mystery Booster 2 release.

Card type: Creature — Avatar, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,298 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Howard Lyon. Rarix catalogs 652 other cards credited to this artist.