---
name: "Skyshroud Ridgeback"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Fading"]
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "120"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "34a160bc-5d7e-483c-b24c-ab30b7d313b0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skyshroud-ridgeback-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skyshroud Ridgeback
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Fading

## Oracle Text
Fading 2 (This creature enters with two fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skyshroud Behemoth](/printing/skyshroud-behemoth-nem.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Blastoderm](/printing/blastoderm-ddd.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Phyrexian Prowler](/printing/phyrexian-prowler-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Mercenary
4. [Jolting Merfolk](/printing/jolting-merfolk-nem.md) — Creature — Merfolk
5. [Rusting Golem](/printing/rusting-golem-nem.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Woodripper](/printing/woodripper-nem.md) — Creature — Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #120
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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