---
name: "Stronghold Overseer"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Demon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Shadow"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "133"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Puddnhead"
oracle_id: "bb77b63f-e679-463c-b983-4f2a4ef7bafe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stronghold-overseer-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Stronghold Overseer
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Demon
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Shadow

## Oracle Text
Flying
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
{B}{B}: Creatures with shadow get +1/+0 until end of turn and creatures without shadow get -1/-0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dauthi Embrace](/printing/dauthi-embrace-tmp.md) — Enchantment
2. [Shadowborn Demon](/printing/shadowborn-demon-m14.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Dauthi Mercenary](/printing/dauthi-mercenary-vma.md) — Creature — Dauthi Knight Mercenary
4. [Dungeon Shade](/printing/dungeon-shade-tpr.md) — Creature — Shade Spirit
5. [Dauthi Warlord](/printing/dauthi-warlord-exo.md) — Creature — Dauthi Soldier
6. [Dauthi Trapper](/printing/dauthi-trapper-sth.md) — Creature — Dauthi Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #133
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Puddnhead
- **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`