Shrouds in Magic: The Gathering

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Mike Lopez with Expert Village. Today we're going to be discussing Magic: the Gathering the card game. And now we're going to go to the static ability, Shroud. Now, some creatures automatically have Shroud. They are usually of the blue family. However, here we have Robe of Mirrors, which is an enchantment for one. You can enchant target creature, so we're going to be enchanting the Timber Protector with this card, which we'd normally put under but we're going to leave right here for now. This enchanted creature has Shroud. Shroud means that the creature can not be the target of spells or abilities. Now this enchantment can be the target of spells or abilities, but the creature itself can not. So we have cards like, Ghastly Demise, which is: Destroy target nonblack, nonartifact, creature, which doesn't work because of Shroud. We also have the card like Stun, saying this target block this turn, but none of these can target that creature. Which also in essence means that the only real reason to play Stun is for the draw a card factor. Even though this does not have a target, the manna cost still allows you to draw a card. Also, with Shroud you can not target your own creature. Like, if you were going to play a Giant Growth and make him bigger, it would not be possible because it could not target him because of this enchantment."