Author of Shadows

Mana cost: {4}{B}

Type: Creature — Shade Warlock

Commonly played as: Graveyard Hate

When this creature enters, exile all opponents' graveyards. Choose a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Artist: Alex Brock

Released: 2021-04-23

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

• TCGplayer: $0.55
• Cardmarket: €0.42
• MTGO tix: 0.84

Other languages

The same printing (Commander 2021 #35) in 9 other languages.

• Deutsch · Autor der Schatten
• Español · Autor de sombras
• Français · Auteur d'ombres
• Italiano · Autore delle Ombre
• 日本語 · 影の執筆者
• Português · Autor das Sombras
• Русский · Автор Теней
• 简体中文 · 黯影著书人
• 繁體中文 · 黯影著書人

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown.

Truncated: 9 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 16 in total.

Format legality

• standard: not legal
• pioneer: not legal
• modern: not legal
• legacy: legal
• vintage: legal
• commander: legal
• pauper: not legal
• brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

• Held in 6 lists
• Played in 1 decks
• 6 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

• BT Breena (BW) sleeve pink {B}{W}1 copy · 74 cards
• Silverquill Statement {B}{W}1 copy · 100 cards · bracket 4 · official precon

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