Tergrid's Shadow
Instant
Each player sacrifices two creatures.
Foretell 
(During your turn, you may pay and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #14868
Tergrid's Shadow hits every opponent for 3 life and makes each of them sacrifice a creature or permanent — seven mana is steep, but the Flashback clause means you can do it twice. In decks built around Tergrid, God of Fright, the second cast is where the card earns its slot, scooping up every sacrificed permanent and handing them to you.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
Tergrid, God of Fright turns every sacrifice trigger from Tergrid's Shadow into a theft trigger, so the seven-mana spell and its Flashback essentially read 'put all your opponents' best permanents into play under your control' — that's the whole engine in two casts.
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 |
Tergrid's Shadow is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is its only real home — the multiplayer math justifies seven mana when three opponents are each losing a permanent and three life, and Flashback doubles the payoff across a long game. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, seven mana is simply too slow; discard and sacrifice effects at that cost don't make the cut when the game is often over by turn four. Oathbreaker can support it in a dedicated Tergrid, God of Fright shell, but the power ceiling is lower with one opponent.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Tergrid's Shadow is deep bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the slot it fills. Bulk rares at this price point don't appreciate unless they break into competitive formats, which isn't happening here, so treat it as a cheap piece of your discard-and-sacrifice toolbox and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tergrid, God of Fright
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.