---
name: "Drifting Shade"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shade"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "M12"
set_name: "Magic 2012"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tomasz Jedruszek"
oracle_id: "fa3883c7-4fb4-48b9-847b-9a94d1988dd7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/drifting-shade-m12"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

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

> *It stalks the fens by the light of the full moon, gathering shadows as it floats among them.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dungeon Shade](/printing/dungeon-shade-tpr.md) — Creature — Shade Spirit
2. [Tattered Apparition](/printing/tattered-apparition-dmu.md) — Creature — Shade
3. [Nightwing Shade](/printing/nightwing-shade-m14.md) — Creature — Shade
4. [Chilling Shade](/printing/chilling-shade-csp.md) — Snow 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:** Magic 2012 (M12) #96
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tomasz Jedruszek
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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