Pointed Discussion

Chilling Shade has shown us how good a flying shade can be. This one doesn't really hold a candle to the other one, but it's still okay.

Nightwing Shade just makes us sad.

I guess this is their way of making up for nantuko shade rotating out with m11.

Just a reprint of Dungeon Shade which was deadly, if you devote all your resources to it. Just this side of playable.

The are is really amazing

I'm really liking how this interacts (or doesn't) with bloodthirst. It presents a little bluffing game. I attack with mana untapped. Do you block it, suspecting that I plan to follow the attack with Vampire Outcasts, or do you leave it unblocked to save a summoning-sick flier from the fatal pumping?

Shows how much of a difference on mana can be. Would begrudgingly put nightwing shade in as my 23 but this guy I would be happy to pick up.

Now one of my favorite commons from M12. Did an amazing job for me during the prerelease.

'cause I have nothing better to do on turn five then use all my mana supporting the card I played last turn. Sorry shade lovers, I know there are a bunch of you. Shades have always bothered me.

Very nice flavor text. I've started thinking of him as "Moonlight Shadow".

Why is it that shades are always overpriced with expensive off-flavor firebreathing?

This thing can be terrifying once their mana is high. Beats into you with more damage than black usually can.

@SoulShatterer

I hope you're trolling. The shade ability is twice as efficient as fire-breathing. Granted, there are some overcosted shades out there, like Nightwing Shade, but this one is a really good deal.

@HuntedWumpusMustDie

You're completely missing the main strength of shades, and thus you're ignorant of how to use them, and thus you see no use in them.
The main strength of the shade ability is to be able to use any amount of extra mana you have laying around that you wouldn't otherwise use to buff up a creature. It provides extreme flexibility and a powerful, efficient, reusable buff.

Along with increasing damage for a powerful attack, the shade ability goes beyond fire-breathing to increase toughness as well, which can protect the shade from excess damage in a pinch, or create an emergency blocker. So, along with being an attacker with potential, this also makes it very resistant to burn damage, and a very flexible blocker.

There are some pretty *** shades out there, unfortunately, but ones like this and Nantuko Shade are extremely deadly.

4/5

Staying Power, anyone?

Why do they feel the need to make functional reprints of cards that are VERY far out of standard instead of just reprinting them, especially when the original has such a generic name as Dungeon Shade?

I really love this card. It has evasion AND an ability that allows it to become either a threatening attacker or a beefy blocker.

Absolute gold in Limited.

Play it, attack, and watch as blocking phases exponentially increase in time >:D