Whispering Shade
Creature — Shade
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #26877
Whispering Shade is a mediocre filler creature that trades board presence for a Swamp-counting buff you have to keep paying for. Unless your deck is built around Swamps specifically, there are better ways to spend both the mana and the card slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Whispering Shade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only Pauper gives it a remotely honest look — mono-black control shells there can support the repeated activation cost and actually have enough Swamps to make the bonus meaningful. In Commander, the format it's most often considered for, it's too slow and too conditional: four mana to deploy, then more mana every turn just to get a temporary buff that evaporates the moment you stop paying. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all. Whispering Shade is a Pauper card at best, and even there it's fringe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Whispering Shade is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and prices accordingly. Don't expect that to move; there's no competitive demand driving a rebound.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.