Shineshadow Snarl
Land
As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #425
Shineshadow Snarl enters untapped if you reveal a Plains or Swamp from your hand — a real dual land that costs nothing beyond a reveal in the early turns of a white-black deck. Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant runs it because consistent access to both colors on turn one is exactly what a two-color aggro-value commander demands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant is a white-black commander that wants its mana working immediately, and Shineshadow Snarl enters untapped for free in a deck already stacked with Plains and Swamps to reveal.
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope leans on reliable white-black mana to deploy its payoffs on curve, and Shineshadow Snarl provides exactly that without the life-loss tax of a shock land.
Killian, Decisive Mentor
Killian, Decisive Mentor is a two-mana white-black commander where a stumble on either color on turn two means the whole strategy falls behind, so Shineshadow Snarl shows up in over 75% of Killian lists as structural insurance.
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir needs both white and black reliably to start its knight-tribal engine, and Shineshadow Snarl is one of the cleanest untapped dual options available in that color pair.
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed pushes a vampire token gameplan that wants white and black mana on the table fast, making Shineshadow Snarl a natural inclusion in nearly three-quarters of Clavileño builds.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shineshadow Snarl is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — not in Standard or Pauper. In Commander it's a straightforward inclusion for any white-black deck that can reliably reveal a Plains or Swamp from the early hand, which describes nearly every Orzhov build. In Modern and Pioneer the conditional untap requirement is a real consideration since aggressive decks sometimes can't afford the tempo loss of entering tapped, but in two-color midrange shells the reveal cost is trivial. Legacy and Vintage have access to better dual land options, so Shineshadow Snarl rarely competes there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't currently available for Shineshadow Snarl, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a conditional dual land in a relatively popular color pair it tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up for any Orzhov Commander build regardless.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
- Terra, Herald of Hope
- Killian, Decisive Mentor
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.