Specter's Shroud
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20319
Specter's Shroud turns any discard-trigger creature into a guaranteed discard engine — equip it and every attack forces an opponent to pitch a card before combat damage even resolves. At one mana to cast and one to equip, it's among the cheapest discard enablers in the format.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Specter's Shroud does its real work, slotting into discard-matters builds helmed by Specters, Rogues, and hand-attack commanders who want reliable discard triggers without spending three or four mana on a single effect. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no meaningful play — those formats move too fast for a voltron-style equipment that doesn't immediately affect the board. Modern is the same story: the card is technically legal but has no competitive home when faster disruption exists. Oathbreaker can support it in the right shell, particularly any signature spell or planeswalker pairing that rewards repeated hand pressure.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Specter's Shroud at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number. Given its narrow application and low reprint demand, it tends to sit in bulk-to-low-value range, making it an easy pickup if you're building the right discard shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.