Shadowbeast Sighting
Sorcery
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25373
Shadowbeast Sighting puts a 5/5 trampling Beast token into play at instant speed — that's a meaningful threat on a relevant body. Six mana is steep, but the flash timing and trample make it a legitimate finisher and blocker in the same package.
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 |
Shadowbeast Sighting is a bulk casual card — Commander is its natural home, where six mana is routinely available and a 5/5 flash trampler can swing a game. In Pauper, common-legal instant-speed token generation at this size is genuinely rare, so it sees fringe play in green stompy shells that need a surprise blocker or reach. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all play too fast for a six-mana do-nothing-else sorcery-equivalent, and it won't find a home in any competitive 60-card format.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Shadowbeast Sighting is deep bulk — buy it out of a common box or as a throw-in. There's no financial upside to holding copies; it's a functional casual card that will stay at this price floor indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.