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Creature — Insect Shade
{black}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
2/1
"If the Nantuko only knew what awaits them beyond death, they would abandon all they hold dear." —Cabal Patriarch
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Torment
- Released
- 2002-02-04
- Artist
- Brian Snõddy
- Printings
- 5
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.13
- Cheapest foil
- $0.31
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Nantuko Shade (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 3.9%
- −0.3 ppdown 7.8% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 3.5%
- −0.1 ppdown 3.8% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 162
- 100% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 2.6
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Mono Black Aggro92% of lists · 145
- Unclassified3% of lists · 10
- Machine Head38% of lists · 3
- BW Control3% of lists · 2
- Mono Black Control3% of lists · 2
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Nantuko Shade in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Mono Black Aggro (92%), Machine Head (38%).
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Printings (5)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Nantuko Shade — Torment #74Torment | #74 | $17.09 |
 Preview Nantuko Shade — Magic 2011 #106Magic 2011 | #106 | $0.32 |
 Preview Nantuko Shade — Commander 2014 #151Commander 2014 | #151 | $0.13 |
 Preview Nantuko Shade — Dominaria Remastered #92Dominaria Remastered | #92 | $0.27 |
 Preview Nantuko Shade — Dominaria Remastered #306Dominaria Remastered | #306 | $0.77 |
Price trend
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