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Shadowheart, Sharran Cleric
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Cleric
Deathtouch Specialize {2}. Activate only if a player has 13 or less life. At the beginning of your end step, Shadowheart, Sharran Cleric deals 1 damage to each player.
2 / 2
“Mono-black life-drain tutor that pecks opponents to death while answers always ready.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Damage over time, Commander damage
Aristocrats, Sacrifice, Lifegain
Strategy
Shadowheart is a sneaky life-drain engine that turns incremental damage into a clock while letting you tutor for answers. Her Specialize ability turns her into a silver bullet machine—activate it when opponents dip below 13 life to fetch tutors and grab situational answers from your deck. The real power comes from stacking her repeatable damage with other ping effects, life-total reduction, and creatures that repeat damage triggers. You're not trying to kill anyone fast; instead, you're slowly grinding them down while having the perfect answer ready when you need it.
Build around payoffs that love repeated damage: Dark Deal effects, Wound Reflection, and damage doublers make her pings sting. Include aristocrats and sacrifice outlets to maximize Deathtouch's utility while filling your graveyard. Since you're mono-black, lean on tutors, discard synergies, and reanimation to recur creatures and generate value. The deck wins through inevitability—by the time opponents realize they're in danger, Shadowheart's constant ping, combined with other damage sources and attrition, has drained them to zero.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors like Demonic Tutor; use Vampiric Tutor's cheaper alternatives like Diabolic Tutor or Beseech the Queen, and replace Wound Reflection with Ill-Gotten Inheritance.
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