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Evernight Shade

Creature — Shade

{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Avacyn Restored
Price
$0.06
EDHREC rank
#18174
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Evernight Shade card art
Evernight Shade is a repeatedly pumpable black threat that turns excess mana into a lethal attacker, and its undying means trading it off or sacrificing it to Yawgmoth, Thran Physician puts it right back on the battlefield with a counter. The catch is that every pump costs a full black mana and the base stats are negligible, so it demands a deck that generates both mana surplus and a reason to care about an infinite-counter loop — Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight fits that profile almost as cleanly as Yawgmoth does.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

24.9% of decks · synergy 0.24

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician sacrifices creatures to draw cards and spread -1/-1 counters, and Evernight Shade's undying means it returns from sacrifice with a +1/+1 counter that immediately offsets any -1/-1 Yawgmoth places on it — turning what would be a one-shot sacrifice fodder into a recursive engine piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Evernight Shade sees almost no play in Legacy or Vintage, where the format's speed makes a 1/1 undying creature with a mana-intensive pump irrelevant. Modern is the same story — the card has never carved out a slot in competitive lists there. Commander is where Evernight Shade finds its home, specifically in mono-black or Golgari sacrifice builds that can loop undying creatures for incremental advantage. Outside of those dedicated engines, it remains a fringe inclusion even in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

88 decks
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerEvernight Shade

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerEvernight Shade

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite scry 1

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83 decks
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAshnod's AltarEvernight Shade

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAshnod's AltarEvernight Shade

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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68 decks
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightCarrion FeederEvernight Shade

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightCarrion FeederEvernight Shade

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.06 bulk tier

At $0.06, Evernight Shade is deep bulk — a throwaway pickup when you're already placing an order. That price is stable by definition: there's no demand pressure to push it up, and it's not going lower.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.