Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
$0.28
$0.28Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
How it feels to play against
Mildly Annoying
Some frustrating moments but still fun.
Popularity
Proven Option
Well-established with solid community support.
Ranking
#1754
Current Rank
#1924
Last Week
#1818
Past 2 Years
Mono-Black Combos
Debut Set
Decks on Moxfield
Decks on Archidekt
Scryfall
CardmarketVideos
Commander gameplay videos featuring Shadow, Mysterious Assassin.
New Cards
Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Shadow, Mysterious Assassin decks.
My Precious+10% Synergy
$1.57
Key to the Side-Door+4% Synergy
$0.22
Dreaded Bat-Cloud+4% Synergy
$0.23
Troop of Ponies+1% Synergy
$0.31
The Master of Lake-town-1% Synergy
$0.64
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Shadow, Mysterious Assassin's abilities and overall game plan.
Interceptor, Shadow's Hound+78% Synergy
$0.17
Shadow of Mortality+73% Synergy
$0.78
Access Tunnel+60% Synergy
$0.46
Junji, the Midnight Sky+60% Synergy
$0.80
Bygone Colossus+57% Synergy
$0.29
Key to the City+56% Synergy
$1.07
Huskburster Swarm+54% Synergy
$0.33
Rogue's Passage+54% Synergy
$0.50
Hollow Marauder+54% Synergy
$0.11
Brotherhood Regalia+50% Synergy
$9.30
Top Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Shadow, Mysterious Assassin decks.
Solemn Simulacrum+49% Synergy
$0.39
Avatar of Woe+47% Synergy
$6.33
Whispersilk Cloak+45% Synergy
$2.17
Swiftfoot Boots+29% Synergy
$2.00
Morbid Opportunist+24% Synergy
$0.33
Reanimate+14% Synergy
$9.38
Gray Merchant of Asphodel+9% Synergy
$4.71
Feed the Swarm+3% Synergy
$0.21
Jet Medallion+2% Synergy
$12.86
Dark Ritual-3% Synergy
$6.35
Game Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Ancient Tomb-5% Synergy
$131.49
Vampiric Tutor-12% Synergy
$54.98
Demonic Tutor-13% Synergy
$66.97
Bolas's Citadel-16% Synergy
$16.30
Creatures
Essential creatures that complement Shadow, Mysterious Assassin's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Chitin Gravestalker+46% Synergy
$0.24
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist+43% Synergy
$0.32
Gorex, the Tombshell+42% Synergy
$0.24
Anticausal Vestige+41% Synergy
$1.88
Metamorphosis Fanatic+41% Synergy
$5.51
Writhing Necromass+39% Synergy
$0.18
Archpriest of Shadows+37% Synergy
$2.08
Kokusho, the Evening Star+36% Synergy
$25.71
Nine-Lives Familiar+35% Synergy
$2.01
Stitcher's Supplier+30% Synergy
$0.33
Bloodghast+29% Synergy
$0.93
Perigee Beckoner+28% Synergy
$0.24
Dross Golem+26% Synergy
$0.18
Ravenous Chupacabra+25% Synergy
$0.99
Troll of Khazad-dûm+25% Synergy
$5.58
Sepulchral Primordial+25% Synergy
$0.40
Ancient Stone Idol+22% Synergy
$1.19
Marshmist Titan+22% Synergy
$0.12
Noxious Gearhulk+21% Synergy
$0.38
Puppeteer Clique+19% Synergy
$0.31
Metalwork Colossus+19% Synergy
$0.39
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+18% Synergy
$38.30
Meteor Golem+16% Synergy
$0.23
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+15% Synergy
$1.24
Reassembling Skeleton+14% Synergy
$0.29
Phyrexian Fleshgorger+12% Synergy
$1.58
Kingpin, Wilson Fisk+11% Synergy
$0.89
Body Launderer+11% Synergy
$1.37
Jocasta, Automaton Avenger+10% Synergy
$0.36
Defiler of Flesh+10% Synergy
$0.47
Shredder, Shadow Master+10% Synergy
$1.46
Overlord of the Balemurk+9% Synergy
$18.77
Vincent Valentine+9% Synergy
$1.96
Massacre Wurm+9% Synergy
$1.70
Crabomination+9% Synergy
$0.34
Twilight Diviner+8% Synergy
$2.51
Gixian Puppeteer+8% Synergy
$1.35
Grave Researcher+7% Synergy
$1.76
Keen Duelist+7% Synergy
$0.32
Timeline Culler+7% Synergy
$0.32
Boggart Trawler+7% Synergy
$1.26
Archon of Cruelty+6% Synergy
$9.24
Unstoppable Slasher+5% Synergy
$5.59
Sheoldred, Whispering One+4% Synergy
$21.09
Greedy Freebooter+3% Synergy
$0.64
Bloodthirsty Conqueror+3% Synergy
$35.64
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed+3% Synergy
$22.46
Crypt Ghast+2% Synergy
$16.70
Pitiless Plunderer0% Synergy
$4.81
Syr Konrad, the Grim-9% Synergy
$1.76
Instants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Shadow, Mysterious Assassin safe.
Not Dead After All+28% Synergy
$1.20
Undying Malice+26% Synergy
$0.33
Supernatural Stamina+24% Synergy
$0.24
Feign Death+20% Synergy
$1.39
Withering Torment+15% Synergy
$1.60
Malakir Rebirth+14% Synergy
$14.56
Espers to Magicite+13% Synergy
$0.22
Chain Assassination+9% Synergy
$0.29
Fake Your Own Death+8% Synergy
$0.26
Saw in Half+8% Synergy
$5.34
Undying Evil+7% Synergy
$0.39
Overwhelming Remorse+6% Synergy
$0.24
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$4.68
Tragic Slip+3% Synergy
$0.32
Overkill+2% Synergy
$0.28
Imp's Mischief+2% Synergy
$9.60
Songs of the Damned+1% Synergy
$2.76
Bitter Triumph+0% Synergy
$0.36
Darkness-1% Synergy
$24.07
Infernal Grasp-1% Synergy
$0.34
Entomb-1% Synergy
$19.57
Defile-2% Synergy
$1.44
Force of Despair-2% Synergy
$7.36
Archenemy's Charm-2% Synergy
$0.80
Snuff Out-3% Synergy
$12.83
Soul Shatter-3% Synergy
$3.94
Deadly Rollick-4% Synergy
$30.87
Murder-4% Synergy
$0.30
Flare of Malice-6% Synergy
$2.38
Cabal Ritual-6% Synergy
$14.66
Go for the Throat-7% Synergy
$0.62
Deadly Dispute-8% Synergy
$0.33
Consuming Corruption-8% Synergy
$0.35
Sorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Shadow, Mysterious Assassin's game plan and control the board.
Restart Sequence+44% Synergy
$0.32
Stitch Together+30% Synergy
$1.43
Persist+30% Synergy
$1.42
Victimize+18% Synergy
$1.27
Come Back Wrong+16% Synergy
$0.42
Rejoin the Fight+15% Synergy
$0.15
Will of the Abzan+13% Synergy
$4.86
Buried Alive+8% Synergy
$2.91
Incarnation Technique+5% Synergy
$10.68
Diresight+5% Synergy
$0.18
Living Death+3% Synergy
$5.94
Coiling Rebirth+3% Synergy
$0.33
Exhume+2% Synergy
$5.23
Breach the Multiverse+2% Synergy
$10.01
Shredder's Technique+2% Synergy
$0.30
Unmarked Grave+1% Synergy
$3.64
Agadeem's Awakening+0% Synergy
$28.10
Blasphemous Edict0% Synergy
$4.05
Dread Return0% Synergy
$0.45
Rise of the Dark Realms0% Synergy
$6.60
Night's Whisper-1% Synergy
$5.45
Unearth-1% Synergy
$0.51
Toxic Deluge-4% Synergy
$4.39
Insatiable Avarice-4% Synergy
$5.29
Bubbling Muck-5% Synergy
$3.35
Damnation-6% Synergy
$21.24
Mutilate-7% Synergy
$2.04
Exsanguinate-7% Synergy
$0.40
Sign in Blood-12% Synergy
$3.19
Utility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Thieves' Tools+42% Synergy
$0.27
Ninja's Blades+41% Synergy
$0.34
The Cauldron of Eternity+35% Synergy
$1.71
Silver Shroud Costume+34% Synergy
$12.74
Ichor Wellspring+26% Synergy
$1.51
Trailblazer's Boots+26% Synergy
$3.69
Genji Glove+21% Synergy
$11.87
Spine of Ish Sah+19% Synergy
$0.37
The Darkness Crystal+17% Synergy
$4.63
Fireshrieker+15% Synergy
$0.20
Demonic Junker+15% Synergy
$0.39
Ugin's Nexus+14% Synergy
$1.55
Mycosynth Wellspring+13% Synergy
$0.39
The Falcon, Airship Restored+13% Synergy
$0.22
Leyline Axe+11% Synergy
$5.77
Mephitic Draught+10% Synergy
$0.23
Excalibur, Sword of Eden+9% Synergy
$20.52
Phoenix Fleet Airship+9% Synergy
$1.22
Zephyr Boots+8% Synergy
$0.34
Commander's Plate+8% Synergy
$47.89
Prized Statue+8% Synergy
$0.40
Psychic Paper+7% Synergy
$0.37
Prowler's Helm+7% Synergy
$0.62
Hidden Blade+7% Synergy
$0.33
Lightning Greaves+7% Synergy
$4.54
Palantír of Orthanc+7% Synergy
$19.63
Mimic Vat+6% Synergy
$0.98
Chariot of Victory+5% Synergy
$0.50
Wayfarer's Bauble+5% Synergy
$5.04
Cauldron of Souls+4% Synergy
$9.45
Sword of the Animist+3% Synergy
$6.14
Tithing Blade+2% Synergy
$0.50
Mithril Coat+1% Synergy
$32.87
Expedition Map-2% Synergy
$1.13
Whip of Erebos-2% Synergy
$11.36
Bontu's Monument-3% Synergy
$4.76
Skullclamp-11% Synergy
$5.34
Enchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Shadow, Mysterious Assassin's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Wound Reflection+24% Synergy
$14.84
Animate Dead+21% Synergy
$7.76
Ripples of Undeath+19% Synergy
$7.79
Treacherous Blessing+18% Synergy
$0.37
Heartless Summoning+18% Synergy
$1.94
Kaya's Ghostform+14% Synergy
$2.50
Chorale of the Void+13% Synergy
$0.28
Cover of Darkness+10% Synergy
$22.71
Dauthi Embrace+9% Synergy
$2.69
Demonic Embrace+9% Synergy
$0.45
Demonic Lore+8% Synergy
$0.28
Parker Luck+7% Synergy
$0.29
Eye of Nidhogg+6% Synergy
$0.62
Oversold Cemetery+5% Synergy
$2.73
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall+5% Synergy
$5.80
Cramped Vents // Access Maze+4% Synergy
$0.29
Virtue of Persistence+4% Synergy
$6.69
Warlock Class+3% Synergy
$0.20
Necromancy+3% Synergy
$20.03
Tortured Existence+3% Synergy
$4.26
Dance of the Dead+2% Synergy
$18.81
Phyrexian Reclamation+0% Synergy
$2.99
No Mercy-1% Synergy
$27.00
Black Market-2% Synergy
$6.30
Black Market Connections-3% Synergy
$9.09
Exquisite Blood-4% Synergy
$36.73
Grave Pact-8% Synergy
$33.42
Bastion of Remembrance-11% Synergy
$0.38
Phyrexian Arena-11% Synergy
$4.33
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress+27% Synergy
$15.63
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+26% Synergy
$35.15
The Black Gate+20% Synergy
$9.41
Mortuary Mire+6% Synergy
$0.40
Buried Ruin+5% Synergy
$0.33
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+3% Synergy
$11.19
Spymaster's Vault+3% Synergy
$2.33
Darksteel Citadel+3% Synergy
$3.00
Tomb Fortress+3% Synergy
$4.85
Witch's Cottage+2% Synergy
$1.02
Vault of Whispers+2% Synergy
$5.46
Midgar, City of Mako+2% Synergy
$1.78
Bojuka Bog+2% Synergy
$1.59
Temple of the False God+1% Synergy
$0.30
Crypt of Agadeem+1% Synergy
$4.13
War Room+0% Synergy
$5.28
Reliquary Tower+0% Synergy
$3.94
Barren Moor0% Synergy
$0.61
Castle Locthwain-3% Synergy
$4.32
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth-3% Synergy
$57.96
Geier Reach Sanitarium-4% Synergy
$3.34
Cabal Coffers-7% Synergy
$32.74
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx-8% Synergy
$52.84
Cabal Stronghold-10% Synergy
$12.25
Phyrexian Tower-14% Synergy
$27.92
Mana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Thran Dynamo+7% Synergy
$4.29
Coveted Jewel+7% Synergy
$0.24
Charcoal Diamond+7% Synergy
$0.36
Mind Stone+5% Synergy
$0.24
Arcane Signet+4% Synergy
$0.64
Gilded Lotus+1% Synergy
$0.60
Thought Vessel+1% Synergy
$2.45
Extraplanar Lens+1% Synergy
$13.09
Throne of Eldraine+1% Synergy
$29.06
Fellwar Stone+0% Synergy
$0.91
Sceptre of Eternal Glory+0% Synergy
$20.39
The Soul Stone0% Synergy
$94.50
Sol Ring0% Synergy
$1.59
Caged Sun-4% Synergy
$3.73
Lands
The mana base foundation for Shadow, Mysterious Assassin decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Malakir Rebirth+14% Synergy
$14.56
Daily Bugle Building+7% Synergy
$0.28
Demolition Field+7% Synergy
$0.29
Boggart Trawler+7% Synergy
$1.26
Myriad Landscape+5% Synergy
$0.22
Urza's Cave+4% Synergy
$1.68
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$4.68
Agadeem's Awakening+0% Synergy
$28.10
Swamp0% Synergy
$0.09
Snow-Covered Swamp0% Synergy
$0.54
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Shadow, Mysterious Assassin.
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Sauron, the Necromancer
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Myojin of Grim Betrayal
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Sidisi, Regent of the Mire
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker // Scion of Halaster
Isareth the Awakener
Chainer, Dementia Master
Drana, the Last Bloodchief
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Scion of Halaster
Lim-Dûl the Necromancer
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Kotis, Sibsig Champion
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
Celes, Rune Knight
Iname, Death Aspect
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Tormod, the Desecrator
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
Storrev, Devkarin Lich
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar // Scion of Halaster
Moira and Teshar
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat // Haunted One
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
Bladewing the Risen
Bortuk Bonerattle
Neyam Shai Murad
Old Stickfingers
Sedris, the Traitor King
Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
Geth, Thane of Contracts
Tetzimoc, Primal Death
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Tormod, the Desecrator
Raffine, Scheming Seer
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator