Looming Shade Black Card in Magic the Gathering

Video Transcript

"MIKE LOPEZ: Hi. I'm Mike Lopez with Expert Village, and today we're going to be discussing the black color from "Magic: The Gathering". And now we're going to talk about "Looming Shade". "Looming Shade" [TECHNICAL] And now we're going to discuss "Looming Shade". "Looming Shade" is out of the basic set. It has been around since the beta. It is the creature "Shade". Once again, "Shades" were very very popular when magic first got started. It is a common card, which means you can find it in your booster packs or at any gaming store for 20 to 25 cents, and "Looming Shade" cost you 2 and a black to play, which means its converted mana cost is 3. Now, with the converted mana cost of 3, you're getting a 1/1, which once again, you're paying 2 extra for a 1/1, which means that it's going to have an ability. The ability on Looming Shade is very powerful because if you pay 1 black, Looming Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Now what this means is that, as long as you have black mana, you can play this but it's not a tap ability, which means you can pump as much black mana into this creature as much as you want. And if you say, "Pump nine swamps," and tap them, "Looming Shade" will get plus 9, plus 9, which will make him a 10/10, which would make him a very large and very power creature, and once again, he only cost you 3 to put in and then he would at least be able to be pumped up at least by 3, so therefore, for 3, you're getting a 4/4 as long as you spend the mana."