Zof Shade

Creature — Shade

{2}{B}: Zof Shade gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

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
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

Daedalus19876 on None

3 years ago

Evidence for:

Sanctum of Ugin FINDS Eldrazi rather than repelling them.

Evidence against:

1) The unknown entity speaking from the Ozolith did not act like Ugin or Emrakul at ALL. For that matter, he reminded me more of Oko in how he acted and spoke.

2) This theory is primarily based on lore from Rise of the Eldrazi and the two War of the Spark books. Anyone who was around in 2007 remembers that Rise of the Eldrazi's lore was, uh... fragmented. A bunch of cards like Dreamstone Hedron, Zof Shade, Makindi Griffin, etc suggest that the original plan was that the Eldrazi were super-intelligent eldritch entities which had created the ruins and hedrons on Zendikar, and that WotC changed their mind at some point very late in the development cycle. In this light, it's harder to draw conclusions about Ugin, who was only a half-formed character at that point. And War of the Spark was... disjointed, to say the least. Everyone acted out of character. I'm not saying your theory is WRONG, just that it could go either way depending on which bits WotC chooses to ignore from two blocks with disappointing and confusing storylines.

jazzarazza on Main Deck

7 years ago

if you are actually running this deck, unironically, even if it is casually I suggest taking out cards until you have 60 in the deck, for greater consistency. I recommend removing 9x Forest, 8x Swamp, Simic Guildgate, Thornwood Falls, Zof Shade, Charging Badger, Guardians of Meletis, Custodian of the Trove etc.

Bhambre on Sarcastically Swamp-Swimming

7 years ago

Lashwrithe or Korlash, Heir to Blackblade are good here. Zof Shade is garbage. Drifting Shade and Evernight Shade arent great, but not the worst for casual. play 4 Nantuko Shade. its the best shade.

you definitely need a way too get those shades through. Whispersilk Cloak seems like the best way to do that. Apostle's Blessing is an instant speed option

you definitely need some form of card advantage. if youre gonna spend cards to get more mana you need a way to spend mana that gets you cards. Phyrexian Arena or Underworld Connections or Skeletal Scrying? maybe something like Liliana of the Dark Realms.

Ob Nixilis, the Fallen is dope. if youre gonna have a landfall subtheme, add some fetchlands like Verdant Catacombs. Sword of the Animist is another good tool for that.

Mind Sludge is just a good card if youre all swamps. you could go further with the discard plan with Mire's Toll.

Pestilence Demon or Thrashing Wumpus or Pontiff of Blight are alternative ways to use all that mana.

Cabal Ritual isnt at its best as you wont get threshold until much later when you already have lots of mana. Culling the Weak isnt great unless you have some sac fodder for it. this deck could also use some cheap removal spells.

lot of different directions to take this. i dig it