---
name: "Devour in Shadow"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "9086d8ff-e375-4149-996d-2a88a7596c1c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devour-in-shadow-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Devour in Shadow
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

> *„Fühle das Brennen der Nebel. Mach sie dir untertan, sie werden deine Feinde verschlingen." — Geth, Hüter der Gruft*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vendetta](/printing/vendetta-roe.md) — Instant
2. [Flesh to Dust](/printing/flesh-to-dust-m15.md) — Instant
3. [Sever Soul](/printing/sever-soul-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Terminate](/printing/terminate-dmc.md) — Instant
5. [Infernal Grasp](/printing/infernal-grasp-omb.md) — Instant
6. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #46
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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