Shadows of the Past

Shadows of the Past

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever a creature dies, scry 1.

triggered — scries

Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Activate only if there are four or more creature cards in your graveyard.

activated {4}{B} — makes each opponent lose 2 life

activated {4}{B} — gains you 2 life

activated {4}{B} — drains each opponent

Causes: scry, make a player lose life, gain life.

Cares about: a creature dies, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

When Shadows of the Past scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

When Shadows of the Past gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  2. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — Caesar, Legion's Emperor fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  4. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  5. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  6. Blasting Station — Blasting Station fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  7. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  8. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  9. Grave Peril — Grave Peril fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  10. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  11. Saw — Saw fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  12. Hot Soup — Hot Soup fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  13. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  14. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  15. Mire Blight — Mire Blight fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  16. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  17. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs
  18. Skittering Horror — Skittering Horror fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more creature cards Shadows of the Past needs

3,267 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

When a creature dies thanks to:

  1. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — Shadows of the Past scries
  2. Ultima Weapon — Shadows of the Past scries
  3. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — Shadows of the Past scries
  4. Death Rattle — Shadows of the Past scries
  5. Murderous Cut — Shadows of the Past scries
  6. Resistance Is Futile — Shadows of the Past scries
  7. Tidy Conclusion — Shadows of the Past scries
  8. Deadly Alliance — Shadows of the Past scries
  9. Orzhov Euthanist — Shadows of the Past scries
  10. Avatar of Woe — Shadows of the Past scries

2,820 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Shadows of the Past:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

When Shadows of the Past is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Shadows of the Past enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

When Shadows of the Past enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

64 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Shadows of the Past is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Shadows of the Past enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

29 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.