---
name: "Shadowbane"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "9e9ec33b-b923-40e5-81a8-e1e78df63ec7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shadowbane-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shadowbane
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you and/or creatures you control this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a black source is prevented this way, you gain that much life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Circle of Protection: Shadow](/printing/circle-of-protection-shadow-tmp.md) — Enchantment
2. [Circle of Protection: Black](/printing/circle-of-protection-black-2ed.md) — Enchantment
3. [Samite Ministration](/printing/samite-ministration-inv.md) — Instant
4. [Reverse Damage](/printing/reverse-damage-3ed.md) — Instant
5. [Sphere of Grace](/printing/sphere-of-grace-ody.md) — Enchantment
6. [Greater Realm of Preservation](/printing/greater-realm-of-preservation-me1.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #38
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 7 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: `legal`