Shimmercreep
Shimmercreep: Creature - Elemental, Lorwyn Eclipsed. Menace. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Elemental
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 120
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Commander rank
- 9,973 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Menace, Vivid
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About Shimmercreep
Shimmercreep is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), an expansion set released in January 2026. It is collector number 120 in that set, with art by Nils Hamm. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Lorwyn Eclipsed (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Vivid - When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of colors among permanents you control.
It lurks near the borders, harvesting loose threads of wild magic where the planes meet.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Shimmercreep by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Shimmercreep
Shimmercreep has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #ECL-120 | Uncommon | 2026 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Shimmercreep, newest first.
- Lands are normally colorless permanents, even if they tap for mana of a certain color.
- The value of X is calculated only once, as Shimmercreep's last ability resolves.
- The colors are white, blue, black, red, and green. Colorless is not a color.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Shimmercreep is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.