Whispering Shade

~$0.11 low · ~$0.53 high

Black. Creature — Shade

No. 167 What the codes mean

Odyssey #167 · Illustrated by Daren Bader

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~$0.11

Non-foil · Odyssey #167

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Foil · Odyssey #167

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Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

1/1

It glides through the shadows until it reaches yours.

Format legality

StandardNot legal

PioneerNot legal

ModernNot legal

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

CommanderLegal

PauperLegal

BrawlNot legal

The only printing of Whispering Shade

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
Odyssey ody #167· 2001common· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.66 foil	common	$0.11	$0.53	€0.12 €0.66 foil

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Card details

First printed: 2001
Printings: 1
Mana value: 4
EDHREC rank: #28,121 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords: Landwalk, Swampwalk
Artist: Daren Bader

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Odyssey card (#167).

167

167Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.

Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

Card breakdown

The parts of Whispering Shade, read from the Odyssey printing. How to read any Magic card.

Name: Whispering Shade. Rules use the English name in every language.
Mana cost: Mana value 4: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
Type line: Creature is the card type. Shade is the subtype, after the dash.
Text box: What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
Flavor text: Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
Power / toughness: 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
Illustration: By Daren Bader. The art has no effect on the game.
Set symbol: Odyssey. Black or white means common.
Collector number: 167 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Artist: Daren Bader, after "Illus.".
Copyright: Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.

Keywords

SwampwalkCR 702.14: It can't be blocked while the defending player controls a land of the named type (for example, islandwalk).

Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.

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