Shadow

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Shadow is an evasion ability. A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.

How it works

• Shadow splits creatures into two worlds. Shadow creatures fight shadow creatures; non-shadow creatures fight non-shadow creatures.
• A creature with shadow attacking a player with no shadow blockers is effectively unblockable.
• Unlike most evasion, shadow is symmetric: it restricts what the creature can block as well as what can block it.

Rules notes

• A shadow creature cannot block a non-shadow attacker, so it offers no defense against a normal board.
• Shadow appeared mainly in the Tempest block and is rarely printed today.

Rule reference

[702.28]