Skyclave Shade

Creature — Shade

Kicker {2}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{B} as you cast this spell.)

This can't block.

If this was kicked, this enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on this.

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, if this is in your graveyard and it's your turn, you may cast this from your graveyard this turn.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Brawl	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (28)

DreadKhan on Princess and the frog (Disney adaption)

9 months ago

Not sure if Sengir Autocrat would help out/fit in, it's an evil rich person who comes with several tokens you can sacrifice. I think there is a similar vibe for Ogre Slumlord, both of those feel like rich town folk that are exploiters, and both provide you with fodder to sacrifice.

Not sure what kind of decks you face, but if they don't play as many creatures as you then Thalia, Guardian of Thraben is a Thalia that's depicted as a person of colour. Thalia is really good vs decks that rely on non-creature spells, but if your group is all creature aggro then she's just a 2/1 with nice art.

Are you playing 1v1? Rhystic Tutor is a really bad card if you play against more than 1 opponent because it's so rare for nobody to have held up mana, and it's a sorcery so you can only use it on your own turn. If you have any cards that are 'good' in the graveyard then I'd replace Rhystic with Jarad's Orders or Final Parting, Orders has a voodoo feel, Parting is a bit tougher, but it's a really good card fwiw, especially if you're on a budget. If you need an on-theme card that likes being in your graveyard I think Skyclave Shade seems a decent fit, it could easily be an underworld spirit that just keeps coming back, like the ones serving Shadow Man/Dr Facilier.

With your Commander having Deathtouch (and you running Vault of the Archangel) I wonder if some Trample sources would work? I like Brawn an awful lot, and your Commander can sacrifice it, if your opponent blocks a creature with Deathtouch and Trample you only need to deal 1 damage to destroy each blocking creature, so the rest goes through. It doesn't have much story connection I can think of, but Scavenged Brawler is pretty good with your Commander, none of the keywords overlap, and your Commander with Vigilance and Trample is really scary.

It's a bit clunky but Kothophed, Soul Hoarder is a pretty strong card if you expect your opponent to lose creatures regularly, with your Commander you will be killing a lot of creatures, so you'll draw some cards I expect. Kothophed could represent those dark powers who hold Shadow Man's debt? Kothophed offers lots of power, but it comes at a price.

Dead_Blue_ on Rock Deck 2022

1 year ago

Skyclave Shade would go great in a Bloodghast deck

I was actually thinking of swapping him for some Tasigur, the Golden Fang and additional Damns

What are your thoughts?

Chasmolinker on Rock Deck 2022

1 year ago

I'm curious if Skyclave Shade or Tenacious Underdog would do better in Bob's place.

lcarl3035 on Budget Nightmare

1 year ago

I would replace Bloodghast with Skyclave Shade

CNG_Stream on Kickers

1 year ago

Considering the high costs of all your cards I would Highly suggest Skyclave Relic to provide you ramp and still have kicker synergies for the deck. The card is also great as the artifact is indestructible, so not many cards will remove this mana source.

A number of your cards are not very strong and you may want to consider cutting for the purpose of splashing a color for more affordable (mana value) cards. Pending on if you want to make your deck more agressive or controlling would change up the suggested cards. I tink you could make a decent control deck splashing black, but also a decent creature focused deck if you went for red/green splash.

Control options splashing black: Bloodchief's Thirst, Skyclave Shade, Inscription of Ruin, & Rona's Vortex.

Creture deck options splashing red/green: Vodalian Mindsinger, Inscription of Abundance, Untamed Kavu, Yavimaya Iconoclast, Battlewing Mystic, Hallar, the Firefletcher, Verazol, the Split Current

Cards I would definetly cut: Cunning Geysermage, Field Research, Sea Gate Stormcaller (<-unless you splash black)

The suggested cards are just me showing some options you may have overlooked. I think your deck is built to easily go with the black splash suggestios and the creature variant would be a different deck entirely.

Best of luck with the deck.

Crow_Umbra on [retired] Action Painting Spellslinger

1 year ago

Another point in Bloodghast's favor over Skyclave Shade is that it can return directly to battlefield on anyone's turn if you crack something like a fetchland or Evolving Wilds, whereas Skyclave Shade can only be cast with a Landfall trigger on your own turn.

Bloodghast is a powerhouse for this deck.

Crow_Umbra on [retired] Action Painting Spellslinger

1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion GrimlockVIII.

I've played with Bloodghast in this deck already and it definitely pulls its weight. What I like about Bloodghast vs Skyclave Shade is that Bloodghast returns directly to battlefield, whereas Skyclave Shade has to be cast. Yes, 2 mana isn't much, but that's mana I'd rather spend on spell slinging.

My last game I played, I was able to return Bloodghast to battlefield about 4-5 times over the course of the game.

Skyclave Shade is a decent budget alternative to Bloodghast, but if you can get a Bloodghast, I'd pick it every time.

GrimlockVIII on [retired] Action Painting Spellslinger

1 year ago

sorry i meant Skyclave Shade whoops