Chilling Shade
Snow Creature — Shade
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #19938
Chilling Shade is a flying, cumulative-upkeep beater that earns its slot by untapping all your snow permanents when it attacks — but only under Jorn, God of Winter does that trigger stop being a liability and start being the point. Outside of a dedicated snow engine, the escalating upkeep cost will bury you; inside one, it's a recursive threat that pays for itself.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter's attack trigger untaps all snow permanents, which means Chilling Shade's cumulative upkeep becomes trivially affordable every combat — you're generating the mana to sustain it as a natural consequence of attacking.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Chilling Shade is a bulk rare in every format it's legal in, and it stays that way outside Commander. In Pauper it's technically legal but outclassed by cheaper, cleaner threats with no upkeep anchor. In Legacy and Vintage the cumulative upkeep is a non-starter — those formats move too fast for a 2/1 flyer with a ticking clock. Commander is the only home where Chilling Shade is genuinely playable, and even there it's narrowly synergy-dependent: Jorn, God of Winter decks are essentially the entire install base.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Chilling Shade is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a pack and never think about the price again. It won't climb without a major reprint-driven spike in Jorn, God of Winter's popularity, so treat it as a throwaway acquisition rather than a speculative hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.