Shade's Breath
Instant
Until end of turn, each creature you control becomes a black Shade and gains "
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #29534
Shade's Breath gives all your creatures +1/+1 until end of turn for one black mana — a combat trick with almost no ceiling on a wide board. It's a bulk rare for a reason: sorcery speed kills most of the surprise value, and one toughness rarely matters in Commander.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shade's Breath is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in Legacy and Vintage has zero interest in a sorcery-speed pump spell with no lasting effect. In Commander, the card finds its only real home in aggressive go-wide black strategies — think Rat Colony or Zombie token builds where the flat buff across fifteen bodies actually adds up to lethal. Oathbreaker is similar: the format's faster clock makes the one-turn push more relevant, but the sorcery speed still costs you the combat ambush that makes pump spells dangerous.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Shade's Breath sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a breakout Commander archetype pushing demand. Pick it up freely if a wide black aggro build calls for it — there's no financial risk here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.