---
name: "Dread Shade"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Shade"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PDOM"
set_name: "Dominaria Promos"
collector_number: "88s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "G-host Lee"
oracle_id: "9b90c7d1-38c6-4210-bc76-68c5fcb91202"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dread-shade-pdom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

> *"The forest surrounding the Vess estate became the Caligo Morass, a vast bog stalked by horrors too terrible to name."
—"The Fall of the House of Vess"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Looming Shade](/printing/looming-shade-7ed.md) — Creature — Shade
2. [Frozen Shade](/printing/frozen-shade-30a.md) — Creature — Shade
3. [Veiled Shade](/printing/veiled-shade-grn.md) — Creature — Shade
4. [Hoar Shade](/printing/hoar-shade-ice.md) — Creature — Shade
5. [Nakaya Shade](/printing/nakaya-shade-pcy.md) — Creature — Shade
6. [Fetid Horror](/printing/fetid-horror-mir.md) — Creature — Shade Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria Promos (PDOM) #88s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** G-host Lee
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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