Fiend of the Shadows

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Fiend of the Shadows: Creature - Vampire Wizard, Forgotten Realms Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Vampire Wizard
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
99
Artist
Igor Kieryluk
Commander rank
17,118 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Regenerate

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About Fiend of the Shadows

Fiend of the Shadows is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC), a Commander product released in July 2021. It is collector number 99 in that set, with art by Igor Kieryluk. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Dark Ascension (2012) to Forgotten Realms Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles a card from their hand. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.

Sacrifice a Human: Regenerate this creature.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Fiend of the Shadows by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Fiend of the Shadows

Fiend of the Shadows has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Dark Ascension (DKA) #62Rare2012

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Fiend of the Shadows, newest first.

  • Playing a card exiled with Fiend of the Shadows follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
  • As long as the card remains exiled, you may still play it, even if Fiend of the Shadows leaves the battlefield or changes controllers.
  • If this creature deals combat damage to multiple players simultaneously, perhaps because some combat damage was redirected, its ability will trigger for each of those players.
  • You may only play the card, meaning play it as a land or cast it as a spell. It's not in your hand. You can't discard it, activate its cycling abilities, and so on.

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