---
name: "Misery's Shadow"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Shade"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "107"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "928c62fe-9c4d-4e89-bd7a-0d3b6a81f393"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/miserys-shadow-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Misery's Shadow
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Shade
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
{1}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

> *In den Ruinen Kroogs gedieh nur Leid.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Faceless Devourer](/printing/faceless-devourer-tsr.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
2. [Nakaya Shade](/printing/nakaya-shade-pcy.md) — Creature — Shade
3. [Dauthi Voidwalker](/printing/dauthi-voidwalker-mh2.md) — Creature — Dauthi Rogue
4. [Malicious Eclipse](/printing/malicious-eclipse-lci.md) — Sorcery
5. [Author of Shadows](/printing/author-of-shadows-c21.md) — Creature — Shade Warlock
6. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #107
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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