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Magic: The Gathering · Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty · Rare

Thousand-Faced Shadow

Creature — Human Ninja

$4.02

Market price

$5.74

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Thousand-Faced Shadow
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Rules Text

Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)FlyingWhen this creature enters from your hand, if it's attacking, create a token that's a copy of another target attacking creature. The token enters tapped and attacking.

Card Facts

Mana value
1
Power / Toughness
1 / 1
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#2,716
Keywords
Flying, Ninjutsu
Rarity
Artist
Related cards
CopyTokenCopy

Legality

Brawl

Legal

Commander

Legal

Competitive Brawl

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Gladiator

Legal

Historic

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

Pioneer

Legal

Timeless

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    You choose which opponent or opposing planeswalker the token is attacking as you put it onto the battlefield. It doesn't have to be the same player or planeswalker Thousand-Faced Shadow is attacking. (Remember that the rules for ninjutsu specify that a creature that enters the battlefield attacking because of a ninjutsu ability attacks the same player or planeswalker the returned unblocked creature was.)

  2. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    Although the token is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).

  3. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature has any counters on it or Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on. Notably, it doesn't copy any effects that may have turned a noncreature permanent into a creature. If the token isn't a creature as it enters the battlefield, it won't be attacking.

  4. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

  5. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the copied creature was copying something else, the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature was copying.

  6. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the copied creature is a token, the token created by Thousand-Faced Shadow copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield.

  7. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “As [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[This creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.

  8. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.

  9. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    As you activate a ninjutsu ability, you reveal the Ninja card in your hand and return the attacking creature. The Ninja card stays revealed and isn't put onto the battlefield until the ability resolves. If it leaves your hand before then, it won't enter the battlefield at all.

  10. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The creature with ninjutsu enters the battlefield attacking the same player or planeswalker that the returned creature was attacking. This is a rule specific to ninjutsu; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player or planeswalker it's attacking.

  11. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).

  12. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. In most cases (see below), if you wait until the combatdamage step or end of combat step, it will be after combat damage has been dealt, so the Ninja won't deal combat damage.

  13. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a creature in combat has first strike or double strike, you can activate the ninjutsu ability during the first-strike combat damage step. The Ninja will deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step, even if it has first strike.

  14. Feb 18, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

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Community

Decks using this card

5 public decks run Thousand-Faced Shadow.


MTGCommander

Jin Sakai (Bracket 2) (Copy)

CU
Cunsmook8 months ago
400
MTGLegacy

ninja

sirmattbeardsly
sirmattbeardsly9 months ago
800
MTGCommander

Yuriko Super Budget

UN
UnbuiltThunder410 months ago
400