---
name: "Shadow Alley Denizen"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Rogue"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "76"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cynthia Sheppard"
oracle_id: "3dd2f3de-98cc-4263-bd16-b5803e48e892"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shadow-alley-denizen-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shadow Alley Denizen
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever another black creature you control enters, target creature gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hideous Visage](/printing/hideous-visage-m12.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mogis's Marauder](/printing/mogiss-marauder-ths.md) — Creature — Human Berserker
3. [Guul Draz Vampire](/printing/guul-draz-vampire-zen.md) — Creature — Vampire Rogue
4. [Intimidation](/printing/intimidation-mmq.md) — Enchantment
5. [Accursed Spirit](/printing/accursed-spirit-m15.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Undercity Shade](/printing/undercity-shade-rav.md) — Creature — Shade

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #76
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cynthia Sheppard
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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