Shadow Alley Denizen

Creature — Vampire Rogue

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, target creature gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

legendofa on The Happy Couple

1 year ago

I'm assuming your budget is fairly open, with some of the card choices. Cover of Darkness and Vampire Nocturnus give your Vampires evasion (although Nocturnus is better in something closer to mono-black, you might have enough to keep it active reliably), Shadow Alley Denizen can give a creature evasion for a turn, and Akroma's Memorial gives all kinds of evasion. For the Memorial, make sure the red and black protection don't conflict with anything--I didn't see any targeted red or black effects you would use on your own creatures in a quick skim, but I didn't look at every card.

Rehhtahn on Target..... nevermind

2 years ago

I will definitely look at Retribution of the Ancients and Shadow Alley Denizen to add.

And I agree, Horobi, Death's Wail is one of my favorites. So much fun, and can be so disruptive, it completely shuts down equipment and creature enchantment decks. I had been trying to build a deck around him forever.

My favorite is Horobi with Endless Whispers.

TheOfficialCreator on Target..... nevermind

2 years ago

Retribution of the Ancients and Shadow Alley Denizen are both good.

Davinoth on Edgar's Evisceration Station [Retired]

2 years ago

     SpammyV: Good suggestions! I've been trying to acquire another Vault of the Archangel but they're sold out at my LGS and no one in my playgroup has one to trade, so I've just gotta wait on that one.

     Shadow Alley Denizen I had pulled out in the building process and ending up not including it to squeeze a few of the newer Vampires in. I used to run this card in a mono-black Modern deck once upon a time and it was really good, I think it's eventually going to find a home here, too. =)

     Thanks for the comment and suggestions! =D

SpammyV on Edgar's Evisceration Station [Retired]

2 years ago

I do recommend Vault of the Archangel to make deciding to block your board awkward. Also, Shadow Alley Denizen can enable a lot of free attacks where Intimidate is relevant.

DoctorScarf on Precon Hehe

2 years ago

Possible Budget Upgrades for Archie's Deck: Vampire Cutthroat, Vicious Conquistador, Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip, Pestilence, Killing Wave, Olivia's Bloodsworn, Shadow Alley Denizen, Voldaren Epicure, Knight of the Ebon Legion, Anje, Maid of Dishonor, Olivia's Attendants, Vona's Hunger, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Exsanguinate, Pointed Discussion, Voldaren Estate

YamishiTheWickedOne on Society of Darkest Night

2 years ago

Could use a few "insurance" cards in the event of a boardwipe and a few more 1-drops imo. Like Vampire Cutthroat, Shadow Alley Denizen and Changeling Outcast. Other highly recommended vamps are Gifted Aetherborn, Falkenrath Aristocrat, and personal favorite Mirror Entity, and ideal Skullclamp targets, Martyr of Dusk, Carrier Thrall and Dusk Legion Zealot.

All-in-all though I think you're absolutely on the right track for an aggressive Edgar build. This earns my seal of approval, but you can absolutely improve it further.

Xica on Black Sideboards

3 years ago

From your current sideboard i would only keep the 3x Feed the Swarm - its a great card for creature AND enchantment matchups.

Seeing that you run Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip i would surely play some creature based hate cards.
- 2x Blight Beetle - hates out heliod, humans & hardened scales & decent blicker against green fatties like Tarmogoyf , Elder Gargaroth , Tireless Tracker ... etc.
- 2x Yixlid Jailer - good grave hate
- 2x Plague Engineer - against tribal, tokens (and bloodghast)

For the rest 6x slots i would play:
- 2x Ashiok, Dream Render - good against grave decks,tutor decks (tron to a degree, titan, heliod, STORM ...etc.)
- 2x Bontu's Last Reckoning - fastes boardwipe in the format, you should only need languish in situations where you give up your board for better topdecking - in such situations, the drawback is minimal, while the cmc 3 means you can play it in time (for example even if you fail to hit land drops, or thalia is on the field ...etc.)
- 2x Damping Sphere - decent against storm, tron, izzet blitz, and the now OMNIPRESENT boros blitz.

In your maindeck you can do much better.
Viscera Seer is very underwhelming if you only have bloodghast to go with it - i would repkace them with 1x more fatal push, 1x targeted discard & 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon / Vampire Cutthroat / Shadow Alley Denizen (latter gives evasion).

And for now maindeckable lifegain is king, so contemplate running a number of Feast of Blood or Collective Brutality (i recommend the former, as its harder to partially fizzle with prowess & less punishing when countered)

And sincyou are monoblack you can affor to run decent black utility lands. Ghost Quarter & Field of Ruin is a must in some number. Castle Locthwain is great in topdeck wars.

And since you run fetches, i woul advise getting 1-2 Witch's Cottage for more recursion.

So for sideboard:
- 3x Feed the Swarm
- 2x Blight Beetle
- 2x Yixlid Jailer
- 2x Plague Engineer
- 2x Ashiok, Dream Render
- 2x Damping Sphere
- 2x Bontu's Last Reckoning