---
name: "Isleback Spawn"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Kraken"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Shroud"]
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "05ad7ec4-f48d-4cbe-be58-f871dc19702b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/isleback-spawn-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Isleback Spawn
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Kraken
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/8
- **Keywords:** Shroud

## Oracle Text
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
This creature gets +4/+8 as long as a library has twenty or fewer cards in it.

> *湖中怪物越恐怖，其传说就越短。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Giant Crab](/printing/giant-crab-tmp.md) — Creature — Crab
2. [Cephalid Inkshrouder](/printing/cephalid-inkshrouder-jud.md) — Creature — Octopus
3. [Kraken of the Straits](/printing/kraken-of-the-straits-bng.md) — Creature — Kraken
4. [Biblioplex Kraken](/printing/biblioplex-kraken-j22.md) — Creature — Kraken
5. [Kraken Hatchling](/printing/kraken-hatchling-j21.md) — Creature — Kraken
6. [Tidal Kraken](/printing/tidal-kraken-8ed.md) — Creature — Kraken

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #40
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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