Oracle text
T: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color.
B, T: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.
G, T: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.
Mox strategy
Deathrite Shaman excels as a versatile graveyard hate and mana fixer in black-green decks. Its strengths lie in flexible resource denial—exiling lands to generate mana of any color, casting disruption by exiling instants or sorceries to deal opponent life loss, and gaining life by exiling creatures. It synergizes well with graveyard strategies like dredge or reanimator to shut down opponents' graveyard use. Use it early for board presence and incremental advantage, supporting graveyard control and mana ramp. Its low cost and multiple modes make it a staple in midrange or control decks focused on graveyard interactions.
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Format legality
- standard—
- pioneerLegal
- modernBanned
- legacyBanned
- vintageLegal
- commanderLegal
- pauper—
- brawlLegal
- historicLegal
- alchemy—
- oathbreakerLegal