Grasping Shadows

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Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. Put a dread counter on this enchantment. Then if there are three or more dread counters on it, transform it.

Shadows' Lair

Land — Cave

(Transforms from Grasping Shadows.)

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Magic the Gathering mana symbol, Magic the Gathering mana symbol, Remove a dread counter from this land: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

The shadows make no mark upon the flesh. It is the mind they claw and strangle.

qSam Wolfe Connelly
standard
Legal
alchemy
Legal
pioneer
Legal
explorer
Legal
modern
Legal
historic
Legal
standard brawl
Legal
historic brawl
Legal
timeless
Legal

Rulings

Grasping Shadows keeps its dread counters as it transforms into Shadows' Lair.
(wotc2023-11-10)
Once the ability of Grasping Shadows has triggered, creatures entering the battlefield attacking won't affect that ability.
(wotc2023-11-10)
A creature attacks alone if it's the only creature declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step. For example, the triggered ability of Grasping Shadows won't trigger if you attack with multiple creatures and all but one of them are removed from combat.
(wotc2023-11-10)
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