Shadowfeed
Instant
Exile target card from a graveyard. You gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25853
Shadowfeed exiles a card from a graveyard and gains you 3 life for one black mana — that's efficient graveyard hate stapled to a relevant life buffer. Bulk price, instant speed, zero setup: run it when you need cheap interaction against recursion decks.
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 |
In Commander, Shadowfeed fills the role of cheap, incidental graveyard disruption — the kind of card that answers a reanimation target at instant speed without costing you tempo. It won't replace Nihil Spellbomb if you need to wipe an entire yard, but the 3 life is more relevant in a multiplayer game where you're absorbing hits from multiple opponents. In Pauper, graveyard decks are prevalent enough that Shadowfeed earns sideboard consideration as a one-mana answer that replaces itself in terms of resource exchange. Legacy and Vintage have access to stronger options, but the life gain gives Shadowfeed a narrow niche in life-matters shells. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: the lower starting life total makes that 3-life clause matter more.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Shadowfeed is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for less than a dollar without thinking twice. That price is stable; there's no pressure driving it up, and its utility is narrow enough that a reprint wouldn't crater it further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.