Shadow of Mortality
Shadow of Mortality: Creature - Avatar, Streets of New Capenna. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {13}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 15
- Type
- Creature - Avatar
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 7/7
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna (SNC)
- Released
- 2022-04-29
- Collector number
- 94
- Artist
- Robin Olausson
- Commander rank
- 4,774 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Shadow of Mortality
Shadow of Mortality is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Streets of New Capenna (SNC), an expansion set released in April 2022. It is collector number 94 in that set, with art by Robin Olausson. It costs {13}{B}{B} (13 generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 15. It is a 7/7 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.64 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
If your life total is less than your starting life total, this spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the difference.
"Build your towers as tall as you want. The shadow always reaches higher." -Message scrawled on an alley wall
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.64 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Shadow of Mortality by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Shadow of Mortality
Shadow of Mortality has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #99703 | Rare | 2022 |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #94p | Rare | 2022 |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #94s | Rare | 2022 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #287 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Shadow of Mortality.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, your starting life total is the life total your team started at, and your current life total is your team's current life total.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.