Mardu Shadowspear
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Creature — Human Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Magic Online Promos #55717 (uncommon)
Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 1 life.
Dash {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Mardu Shadowspear has 3 printings, first in Fate Reforged (2015). EDHREC ranks it #13,147 among Commander cards. It appears most in Belbe, Corrupted Observer decks (3,843 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Mardu Shadowspear most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Belbe, Corrupted Observer: 3,843 decks
- Florian, Voldaren Scion: 103 decks
Often played with Mardu Shadowspear
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a creature enters the battlefield as a copy of or becomes a copy of a creature whose dash cost was paid, the copy won’t have haste and won’t be returned to its owner’s hand.
- : You don’t have to attack with the creature with dash unless another ability says you do.
- : If you pay the dash cost to cast a creature spell, that card will be returned to its owner’s hand only if it’s still on the battlefield when its triggered ability resolves. If it dies or goes to another zone before then, it will stay where it is.
- : If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you’re still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its dash cost only when you otherwise could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.