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c21Commander 2021#362rare
{4}{B}
Legal in 5 of 23 formats
Treatments
Extended Art
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.86
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Creature — Shade Warlock

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.

P/T3/3
Ability breakdown
Abilities
TriggeredWhen 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.

Market & price history

Market

C21 #362
2026-07-06
Author of Shadows
$0.86TCGplayer market▲ 0.0% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.38Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.03· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.35 (+92.1%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 2h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.86▼ -7.5%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
falling
High conf
30d
falling
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Moderate

Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.

Across all copies

This card, all printings.

Author of Shadows
Cheaper copy available: $0.40
C21 #35· market price· + shipping· TCGplayer

Cross-printing valuation

2 printings across 1 sets
Printings
2 total
Commander 2021#35
2021 · Alex Brock
$0.50
Commander 2021#362
2021 · Alex Brock
$0.86

Demand signals

Plays as
Cast From Exile

Combos

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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Alex Brock
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Alex Brock
Frame
extendedart
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
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