What are the best cards for Ihsan's Shade?

Across 227 public decks, the most-played cards with Ihsan's Shade are Sol Ring (74%), Dark Ritual (65%) and Cabal Coffers (58%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Ihsan's Shade?

The cards played far more often with Ihsan's Shade than usual: Undercity Shade (720× its usual rate), Hoar Shade (670× its usual rate) and Nakaya Shade (669× its usual rate).

What colors is Ihsan's Shade?

Ihsan's Shade is mono-black, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Ihsan's Shade?

Ihsan's Shade leads 227 public decks in our corpus, #2,607 of 3,757 commanders.

Ihsan's Shade

BMono-black commanders227 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Shade Knight3BBB$0.25

Ihsan's Shade appears in 227 public decks. The most-played cards are Sol Ring, Dark Ritual and Cabal Coffers. The strongest synergies by lift are Undercity Shade, Hoar Shade and Nakaya Shade.

Build a deck with Ihsan's Shade

Commander Brawl

Top cards

#1Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp

78.0%

177 decks-0.19$0.18

#2Sol Ring

Artifact

73.6%

167 decks-0.14$1.51

#3Dark Ritual

Instant

65.2%

148 decks-0.03$5.41

#4Cabal Coffers

Land

58.1%

132 decks+0.07$26.73

#5Nirkana Revenant

Creature — Vampire Shade

4BB6

56.4%

128 decks+1.66$7.44

#6Dread Shade

Creature — Shade

BBB3

53.3%

121 decks+5.23$0.29

#7Liliana's Shade

Creature — Shade

2BB4

52.9%

120 decks+4.45$0.14

#8Crypt Ghast

Creature — Spirit

3B4

52.0%

118 decks+0.16$16.92

#9Whispering Shade

Creature — Shade

3B4

51.1%

116 decks+6.26$0.11

#10Defile

Instant

49.8%

113 decks+0.42$1.16

#11Nantuko Shade

Creature — Insect Shade

BB2

49.3%

112 decks+5.10$0.27

#12Cabal Stronghold

Land

48.9%

111 decks+0.39$13.84

#13Crypt Ripper

Creature — Shade

2BB4

47.6%

108 decks+6.36$0.12

#14Evernight Shade

Creature — Shade

3B4

47.6%

108 decks+4.57$0.26

#15Drifting Shade

Creature — Shade

3B4

47.6%

108 decks+6.39$0.10

#16Sign in Blood

Sorcery

BB2

47.1%

107 decks+0.30$4.37

#17Misery's Shadow

Creature — Shade

1B2

45.8%

104 decks+5.10$0.32

#18Dungeon Shade

Creature — Shade Spirit

3B4

45.4%

103 decks+6.00$0.09

#19Darkling Stalker

Creature — Shade Spirit

3B4

43.6%

99 decks+6.04$0.11

#20Undercity Shade

Creature — Shade

4B5

43.2%

98 decks+6.58$0.22

#21Looming Shade

Creature — Shade

2B3

43.2%

98 decks+6.29$0.05

#22Arcane Signet

Artifact

42.7%

97 decks-0.37$0.41

#23Phyrexian Arena

Enchantment

1BB3

42.7%

97 decks+0.15$3.93

#24Deepwood Legate

Creature — Shade

3B4

42.3%

96 decks+5.01$0.13

#25Author of Shadows

Creature — Shade Warlock

4B5

41.9%

95 decks+4.41$0.59

#26Bubbling Muck

Sorcery

41.4%

94 decks+0.93$4.35

#27Frozen Shade

Creature — Shade

2B3

41.0%

93 decks+6.12$0.17

#28Lashwrithe

Artifact — Equipment

40.5%

92 decks+2.18$0.67

#29Thirsting Shade

Creature — Shade

39.6%

90 decks+5.86$0.12

#30Charcoal Diamond

Artifact

39.6%

90 decks+0.58$0.37

#31Jet Medallion

Artifact

38.8%

88 decks-0.40$13.90

#32Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Legendary Land

38.3%

87 decks-0.04$53.68

#33Shade's Form

Enchantment — Aura

1BB3

37.9%

86 decks+3.89$0.35

#34Nakaya Shade

Creature — Shade

1B2

37.4%

85 decks+6.51$0.15

#35Skyclave Shade

Creature — Shade

1B2

37.0%

84 decks+4.17$0.27

#36Feed the Swarm

Sorcery

1B2

37.0%

84 decks-0.32$0.35

#37Bojuka Bog

Land

36.6%

83 decks-0.25$1.64

#38Night's Whisper

Sorcery

1B2

35.7%

81 decks+0.27$0.31

#39Read the Bones

Sorcery

2B3

34.8%

79 decks+0.80$0.30

#40Bad Moon

Enchantment

1B2

34.8%

79 decks+2.22$4.32

#41Caged Sun

Artifact

34.4%

78 decks+1.21$3.87

#42Nightmare Lash

Artifact — Equipment

34.4%

78 decks+2.52$8.74

#43Go for the Throat

Instant

1B2

33.5%

76 decks+0.39$0.64

#44Liliana of the Dark Realms

Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

2BB4

33.0%

75 decks+0.99$9.68

#45Magus of the Coffers

Creature — Human Wizard

4B5

33.0%

75 decks+1.61$4.79

#46Infernal Grasp

Instant

1B2

32.2%

73 decks+0.25$0.33

#47Mutilate

Sorcery

2BB4

31.7%

72 decks+0.67$2.19

#48Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Creature — Zombie

3BB5

31.7%

72 decks-0.46$5.05

#49Perilous Shadow

Creature — Insect Shade

2BB4

31.7%

72 decks+6.33$0.07

#50Hoar Shade

Creature — Shade

3B4

31.3%

71 decks+6.51$0.16

#51Exsanguinate

Sorcery

XBB2

30.8%

70 decks+0.28$0.44

#52Blackblade Reforged

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

30.4%

69 decks+2.16$2.94

#53Nightwing Shade

Creature — Shade

4B5

29.5%

67 decks+6.38$0.05

#54Rogue's Passage

Land

29.5%

67 decks+0.41$0.43

#55Tendrils of Corruption

Instant

3B4

29.1%

66 decks+1.97$0.32

#56Myriad Landscape

Land

28.6%

65 decks+0.19$0.31

#57Fetid Horror

Creature — Shade Horror

3B4

28.6%

65 decks+6.49$0.09

#58Bontu's Monument

Legendary Artifact

28.6%

65 decks+0.11$4.58

#59Gauntlet of Power

Artifact

28.6%

65 decks+2.18$4.15

#60Doom Blade

Instant

1B2

28.6%

65 decks+1.40$0.31

Highest synergy

#1Undercity Shade

Creature — Shade

4B5

98 decks+6.58

In 43% of these decks, 720× its usual rate.

#2Hoar Shade

Creature — Shade

3B4

71 decks+6.51

In 31% of these decks, 670× its usual rate.

#3Nakaya Shade

Creature — Shade

1B2

85 decks+6.51

In 37% of these decks, 669× its usual rate.

#4Fetid Horror

Creature — Shade Horror

3B4

65 decks+6.49

In 29% of these decks, 660× its usual rate.

#5Veiled Shade

Creature — Shade

2B3

51 decks+6.44

In 22% of these decks, 624× its usual rate.

#6Drifting Shade

Creature — Shade

3B4

108 decks+6.39

In 48% of these decks, 595× its usual rate.

#7Nightwing Shade

Creature — Shade

4B5

67 decks+6.38

In 30% of these decks, 590× its usual rate.

#8Gateway Shade

Creature — Shade

2B3

60 decks+6.37

In 26% of these decks, 582× its usual rate.

#9Tattered Apparition

Creature — Shade

3B4

58 decks+6.36

In 26% of these decks, 581× its usual rate.

#10Crypt Ripper

Creature — Shade

2BB4

108 decks+6.36

In 48% of these decks, 580× its usual rate.

#11Perilous Shadow

Creature — Insect Shade

2BB4

72 decks+6.33

In 32% of these decks, 559× its usual rate.

#12Looming Shade

Creature — Shade

2B3

98 decks+6.29

In 43% of these decks, 540× its usual rate.

Public decklists

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Questions about Ihsan's Shade

What are the best cards for Ihsan's Shade?: Across 227 public decks, the most-played cards with Ihsan's Shade are Sol Ring (74%), Dark Ritual (65%) and Cabal Coffers (58%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Ihsan's Shade?: The cards played far more often with Ihsan's Shade than usual: Undercity Shade (720× its usual rate), Hoar Shade (670× its usual rate) and Nakaya Shade (669× its usual rate).
What colors is Ihsan's Shade?: Ihsan's Shade is mono-black, so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Ihsan's Shade?: Ihsan's Shade leads 227 public decks in our corpus, #2,607 of 3,757 commanders.