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Skemfar Shadowsage
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Each opponent loses X life, where X is the greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.
• You gain X life, where X is the greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Skemfar Shadowsage is a clean value creature that fits best in slower black-based tribal or midrange-control shells, where its 2/5 body buys time while its enters-the-battlefield choice turns your board into a resource engine. Because X counts the greatest number of creatures you control sharing a creature type, the card rewards going wide with a focused tribe—Elves, Clerics, or another type-rich package—rather than mixing too many unrelated creatures. In practice, it can function as either a life-drain finisher or a stabilizing lifegain swing, depending on the matchup, making it especially strong in grindy games. Deckbuilding-wise, pair it with token makers and typal payoffs; even a few extra copies of the same creature type can dramatically increase the trigger. The Secret Lair styling gives it an ominous, ritualistic feel, and the card plays like a shadow priest: patient early, decisive once the table is established.
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Character Background
Skemfar Shadowsage is a clean value creature that fits best in slower black-based tribal or midrange-control shells, where its 2/5 body buys time while its enters-the-battlefield choice turns your board into a resource engine. Because X counts the greatest number of creatures you control sharing a creature type, the card rewards going wide with a focused tribe—Elves, Clerics, or another type-rich package—rather than mixing too many unrelated creatures. In practice, it can function as either a life-drain finisher or a stabilizing lifegain swing, depending on the matchup, making it especially strong in grindy games. Deckbuilding-wise, pair it with token makers and typal payoffs; even a few extra copies of the same creature type can dramatically increase the trigger. The Secret Lair styling gives it an ominous, ritualistic feel, and the card plays like a shadow priest: patient early, decisive once the table is established.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 14:20:44 UTC