Reach of Shadows
Instant
Destroy target creature that's one or more colors.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #28045
Reach of Shadows destroys any nonland permanent regardless of color — including artifacts, enchantments, and planeswalkers — at the cost of five mana and requiring a black-heavy or mono-black mana base. That flexibility earns it a slot in decks that can't reliably access green or white removal, but five mana is a real ask and it faces stiff competition at that price point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Reach of Shadows earns its keep in Commander, specifically in mono-black and black-heavy decks that otherwise struggle to answer enchantments and planeswalkers without splashing. In Pauper it's a legitimate option given the commons-only card pool, where catch-all removal at common rarity is scarce. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer are formats where five-mana sorcery removal doesn't survive contact with the metagame — cheaper, instant-speed options exist in every color and Reach of Shadows sees essentially no play there. Oathbreaker follows the Commander logic: mono-black signatures benefit from the coverage, and the 20-life format doesn't make the five-mana cost any easier to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
Reach of Shadows sits at $0.05, squarely in bulk territory, and that price is stable — there's no scarcity or spike risk for a card this widely printed and narrowly played. Pick it up for the cost of rounding error; the question is never whether you can afford it, only whether it's the right tool for the slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.