MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #139

Looming Shade

usg·#139·common·nonfoil

Illus. Vincent Evans

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1998

28 yr ago

Value

$0.10+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.10 · low $0.09

NM$0.10

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.09–$0.11modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.10low $0.05range 100.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,499 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.10

Gameplay

Creature — Shade

{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

The shade tracks victims by reverberations of the pipes, as a spider senses prey tangled in its trembling web.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.10. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.05 and $0.10 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from USG — the lineup includes 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 #139 of *Urza's Saga*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1998 Urza's Saga release.

Card type: Creature — Shade, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,499 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Vincent Evans. Rarix catalogs 7 other cards credited to this artist.