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Shredder, Unrelenting

Legendary Creature — Human Ninja4 generic manaBlack mana
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How this card plays

7 reviews

At five mana, or four with Sneak, this is a tempo conversion engine, not a topdeck. The line: you attack with something smaller (a chipping 2/2, a deathtouch threat the opponent has to respect), and during declare blockers you return that unblocked body to hand and replace it with a 6/4 deathtouch attacker already mid-swing. The bounced creature never deals its damage that turn, because Sneak pulls it back before combat damage; what you buy instead is a fresh, larger body crashing into a board that already committed its blocks elsewhere, plus a free deathtouch handoff to another attacker that makes any remaining block a guaranteed kill.

This is a P1P1 in any black deck and a high hold the moment you're cleanly in black, around P1P3 or earlier. The two homes draft it differently. WB Legends wants it as the curve-topper that closes after Mechanized Ninja Cavalry and the hybrid two-drops chip in early; Sneak converts one of those connecting bodies into a finisher without ceding the board. BG Food prizes it as a singular threat in a deck already trained to think in sacrifice and body-conversion terms, where the deathtouch pointer makes a surviving attacker lethal into a gang-block.

The removal suite pushes back hard. Stomped by the Foot kills it on sight, and Grounded for Life punishes the Sneak line specifically: Shredder enters tapped, and Grounded for Life costs less against a tapped creature. Even then, trading removal for a Sneaked Shredder is a clean one-for-one, since the bounced attacker is already safe in hand. Maindeck every copy, bait removal first, and don't Sneak him into open black mana you can read.

Shredder, Unrelenting (tmt)
TMT · #210uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.32
Foil: $0.43
Oracle Text

Rules text

Sneak 3 generic manaBlack mana (You may cast this spell for 3 generic manaBlack mana if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.) Deathtouch Whenever Shredder enters or attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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