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Shadow of the Grave
- Amonkhet
Reviewed
May 17, 2017
Constructed: 3.88
Casual: 3.50
Limited: 3.40
Multiplayer: 3.50
Commander [EDH]: 3.67
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Shadow of the Grave
This is a good card to point out when someone
says they don't print combo cards any more. I
think, though, it will find its best support in
sets older than Amonkhet. Last week I talked a
little about Astral Slide and Lightning Rift,
and there are some cards with truly powerful
additional effects when you cycle or discard
them - Krosan Tusker comes to mind. I'd also
like to see how this does alongside things like
Seismic Assault and Knollspine Invocation.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
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James H. |
Shadow of the Grave (5/17)
This card looks unusual, but it's potentially
very dangerous. The intention is for Shadow of
the Grave to work with cycling and some of the
other discard effects between Amonkhet and
Shadows Over Innistrad, and a discard engine
like Noose Constrictor can let you get back a
crazy amount of cards. This also works well in
more expansive formats; Street Wraith cycles for
no mana, which allows you to cycle it again (and
this works well with some of the cheaper
cyclers), and this pairs decently with Lion's
Eye Diamond in Legacy.
On its own, Shadow of the Grave is not
spectacular. However, it's the kind of card that
can synergize brutally well to create some
explosive turns, and I can see it doing a lot of
crazy things in Modern and Legacy (and maybe
Standard).
Constructed: 3.75
Casual: 3
Limited: 2.75
Multiplayer: 3
Commander: 3.25 |
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