---
name: "Nether Shadow"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Haste"]
set: "4BB"
set_name: "Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "149"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Rush"
oracle_id: "c358b9e2-524c-434b-b3fa-74d2aa6d1df7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nether-shadow-4bb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nether Shadow
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Haste

## Oracle Text
Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard with three or more creature cards above it, you may put this card onto the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nether Traitor](/printing/nether-traitor-tsr.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Nether Spirit](/printing/nether-spirit-mmq.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Ashen Ghoul](/printing/ashen-ghoul-cst.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Akuta, Born of Ash](/printing/akuta-born-of-ash-sok.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
5. [Shallow Grave](/printing/shallow-grave-mir.md) — Instant
6. [Chainer, Nightmare Adept](/printing/chainer-nightmare-adept-j21.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #149
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Rush
- **Total Printings:** 40 across all historical editions

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