Tattered Apparition
Creature — Shade
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28807
Tattered Apparition is a 2/1 flyer for three mana with a pay-one-colorless activated ability that grows it until end of turn — the rate is too slow and too mana-hungry to matter. Virtually every format has better three-drop threats, and the pump ability won't save it from a Shock.
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 |
Tattered Apparition is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive viability across all of them is near zero. In Commander, a 2/1 flyer with a colorless pump ability does nothing at a table where boards go wide fast and three mana buys real threats. Pauper is the most charitable home — common flyers see play there — but even that format's floor for evasive creatures is set by cards that do something relevant the turn they land. Tattered Apparition doesn't clear that bar in any 60-card format either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Tattered Apparition is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a draft chaff pile, not a trade binder. The price reflects the demand accurately, and there's no realistic scenario where that changes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.