---
name: "Shadow Slice"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "f4d2eca4-4645-4044-b75f-442cd726cedf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shadow-slice-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shadow Slice
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
Target opponent loses 3 life.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Undercity Plague](/printing/undercity-plague-gtc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mental Vapors](/printing/mental-vapors-gtc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Last Thoughts](/printing/last-thoughts-gtc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Slice from the Shadows](/printing/slice-from-the-shadows-mkm.md) — Instant
5. [Shredder's Technique](/printing/shredders-technique-tmt.md) — Sorcery
6. [Arcane Heist](/printing/arcane-heist-otc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #77
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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