---
name: "Slithering Shade"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Shade"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Defender", "Hellbent"]
set: "DIS"
set_name: "Dissension"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "bd50ba7a-e360-4074-99dc-e3d4c6824d77"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slithering-shade-dis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Slithering Shade
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Shade
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1
- **Keywords:** Defender, Hellbent

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Hellbent — This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as you have no cards in hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wall of Blood](/printing/wall-of-blood-mrd.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Returned Phalanx](/printing/returned-phalanx-ths.md) — Creature — Zombie Soldier
3. [Nakaya Shade](/printing/nakaya-shade-pcy.md) — Creature — Shade
4. [Torpid Moloch](/printing/torpid-moloch-rav.md) — Creature — Lizard
5. [Dark Maze](/printing/dark-maze-5ed.md) — Creature — Wall
6. [Veiled Shade](/printing/veiled-shade-grn.md) — Creature — Shade

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dissension (DIS) #55
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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