A staple for shadow decks, and a great card besides. Lets your shadow guys block and lets you give any creature nearly-unblockable. Plus combos with cards like Dauthi Warlord, Dauthi Jackal and Dauthi Ghoul. Even outside of shadow decks though, it lets you turn your big creatures into unblockable beasts.
Furthermore, you can run 4 Maze of Shadows in your deck along with this card and stop your opponent's creatures from attacking you.
SavageBrain89
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Easily one of the best enchantments I've ever seen.
Or just stop them from blocking! Haha no you can't block with those two this turn.
ChaosFire
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Phage the Untouchable.
Hooray.
LemonParty
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Target creature becomes unblockable until end of turn.
Or, screw off Taunting Elf.
lifeandllamas
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
EDH hidden gem of the day 2/4/2011
Dauthi Embrace is a very powerful card for the decks that wish to go either mono black or strictly two colors. It functions as either offensive or defensive. Don't want a creature to block? Give it shadow, don't want your Korlash blocked? give it shadow! it also combos amazingly well with Dauthi cutthroat. Although in EDH that may not be that profitable.
Overall i'd give this card on the sliding scale of 1-10 on playability a solid 7, and for mono black decks it jumps to a 9, about as close to an auto include as you can get It isn't Sensie's Divining Top after all...
General to use with it? Korlash, Heir to Blackblade Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Typically allows for your creatures to slip through unblocked, although it is also of use in a Shadow deck. It can let you block attackers if you need to, and also opens up opposing creatures to Dauthi Cutthroat.
endersblade
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card should be a staple in any EDH deck that runs black. Absolute best way to get your general through for a quick kill, or get other creatures through to set off abilities. Also helps with politics, since you can target other players' creatures with it.
Pontiac
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
just prior to the end of game someone says..
"I'll pay 2 and target my Phage"
Master8JM8
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In my opinion, anyone mentioned the best combo with this card. You need to have a Stronghold Overseer and any other creature on the battlefield.Then you use this enchantment in the creature you have chosen, and active the special ability of Stronghold Overseer (paying 2 mana). Now you have two creatures with shadow and 1+ in attack. If you have more than one Stronghold Overseer it works better, because the attack boost is more.
BlackDoveProphet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pretty good with Faceless Devourer too. Exile an opponent's pesky creature!
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like the versatility of this one. Make your creatures unblockable, or stop enemy creatures from blocking.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Skullbriar would like to learn a few things from the Dauthi.
It can be used as a combat trick too, to stop creatures from blocking any of your creatures without Shadow!
Since Duathi are not THAT great THESE days, most of your cards will probably not have Shadow?
Lastly, good in all EDH decks with Black--it's kind of like pseudo Horsemanship :)
Fadingstar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was skeptical of the cost of this card, but I'm surprised by its effectiveness in EDH/Commander. Being able to use it on an opponent's creatures, makes it a very effective political card. Especially, if one opponent gains board position too quickly.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos great with a Sol Ring enchanted with Animate Artifact!!! 5/5
MisterAction
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This isn't completely outclassed by Whispersilk Cloak. It doesn't give shroud and it requires mana every turn, but it's much more versatile. It can give evasion to multiple creatures at once, and if your opponent only has one or two eligible blockers you can use it on them to make your entire army unblockable.
And since it can be activated at instant speed, the most hilarious use of this card is multiplayer politics. Say to one opponent, "Hey, if you swing at somebody else I'll make sure your creature connects." Then not only are you spared damage, but now one opponent is closer to death and the other one is grateful to you.
Also, as an equipment, Whispersilk can be hosed by more cards than a global enchantment with an activated ability. Stony Silence, Null Rod, a pre-emptive Tower of the Magistrate, Sydri, and Karn, Silver Golem are just the ones that have personally ruined games for me, but I'm sure there are more.
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I see you activated monstrous on your hundred handed one to allow him to block all my tokens, be a shame if I sent him to the shadow dimension.
Seriously, If they only have a few good blockers and you have a lot of attackers give the opponents creatures shadow to make them unable to block your non-shadow creatures.
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Furthermore, you can run 4 Maze of Shadows in your deck along with this card and stop your opponent's creatures from attacking you.
you can also use Dauthi Trapper
Hooray.
Or, screw off Taunting Elf.
Dauthi Embrace is a very powerful card for the decks that wish to go either mono black or strictly two colors. It functions as either offensive or defensive. Don't want a creature to block? Give it shadow, don't want your Korlash blocked? give it shadow! it also combos amazingly well with Dauthi cutthroat. Although in EDH that may not be that profitable.
Overall i'd give this card on the sliding scale of 1-10 on playability a solid 7, and for mono black decks it jumps to a 9, about as close to an auto include as you can get It isn't Sensie's Divining Top after all...
General to use with it?
Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
"I'll pay 2 and target my Phage"
Since Duathi are not THAT great THESE days, most of your cards will probably not have Shadow?
Lastly, good in all EDH decks with Black--it's kind of like pseudo Horsemanship :)
5/5
And since it can be activated at instant speed, the most hilarious use of this card is multiplayer politics. Say to one opponent, "Hey, if you swing at somebody else I'll make sure your creature connects." Then not only are you spared damage, but now one opponent is closer to death and the other one is grateful to you.
Also, as an equipment, Whispersilk can be hosed by more cards than a global enchantment with an activated ability. Stony Silence, Null Rod, a pre-emptive Tower of the Magistrate, Sydri, and Karn, Silver Golem are just the ones that have personally ruined games for me, but I'm sure there are more.
Seriously, If they only have a few good blockers and you have a lot of attackers give the opponents creatures shadow to make them unable to block your non-shadow creatures.