Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

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Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar: Legendary Creature - Human Elf Cleric, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Cleric
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
146
Artist
Cristi Balanescu
Commander rank
3,574 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Choose a background
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 146 in that set, with art by Cristi Balanescu. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.02 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

"Shar's will shall be done. As sure as night will fall."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.02 (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 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2483Rare2026
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #392Rare2022
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #499Rare2022
Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos (PCLB) #146sRare2022

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar, newest first.

  • If your commander loses the choose a Background ability or stops being a Background during the game, as appropriate, it is still your commander.
  • If you control a Background that grants an ability to commander creatures you own, and you own more than one commander creature, each of them will have that ability.
  • If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can include only cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders’ combined color identities.
  • If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
  • If a card refers to a commander creature you own, a Background won't usually be counted or included for that effect. If another spell or ability causes your Background to become a creature, however, it will be included. Any effect that refers to your commander or a commander you own or control without specifying creature will apply to a Background that is your commander, as appropriate.
  • An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
  • Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
  • Choose a Background is a variant of the partner ability. You may have two commanders if one of them is a legendary creature with the choose a background ability and the other is a legendary Background enchantment. Backgrounds and cards with choose a Background do not interact with cards which have any other partner ability.

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