---
name: "Deepwood Legate"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shade"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "414eb407-dd39-41d2-bf25-a7a77ff35cb4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deepwood-legate-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Deepwood Legate
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shade
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
If an opponent controls a Forest and you control a Swamp, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rushwood Legate](/printing/rushwood-legate-mmq.md) — Creature — Dryad
2. [Whispering Shade](/printing/whispering-shade-ody.md) — Creature — Shade
3. [Liliana's Shade](/printing/lilianas-shade-m13.md) — Creature — Shade
4. [Nakaya Shade](/printing/nakaya-shade-pcy.md) — Creature — Shade
5. [Frozen Shade](/printing/frozen-shade-30a.md) — Creature — Shade
6. [Looming Shade](/printing/looming-shade-7ed.md) — Creature — Shade

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #132
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`