Sickening Shoal

set	min	mtgo
-	84.80	0.02 tix

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Name	Sickening Shoal
Type	Instant — arcane
Description	You may exile a black card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Artist	Dan Murayama Scott
Set	Betrayers of Kamigawa #82
Wallpaper	download
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About Sickening Shoal

Sickening Shoal, Instant — arcane, designed by Dan Murayama Scott first released in Feb, 2005 in the set Betrayers of Kamigawa. It see play in 1 formats: Vintage. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 84.80.

A deck that focuses on graveyard recursion or self-mill strategies would benefit from using Sickening Shoal, as it allows for a cost-effective removal option while also potentially enabling additional synergies with black cards in the graveyard. However, cards like Fatal Push or Dismember may be considered better options for more versatile and efficient removal, depending on the specific deck's needs. Sickening Shoal could see play in niche decks looking to take advantage of its unique cost-reduction mechanic and -X/-X effect.

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