First printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023)
Grasping Shadows 
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.
The shadows make no mark upon the flesh. It is the mind they claw and strangle.
Shadows' Lair
Land — Cave
(Transforms from Grasping Shadows.)
: Add ., , Remove a dread counter from this land: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
- Illustrated by
- Sam Wolfe Connelly
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (3)
- Grasping Shadows keeps its dread counters as it transforms into Shadows' Lair.
- Once the ability of Grasping Shadows has triggered, creatures entering the battlefield attacking won't affect that ability.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), Premier Draft | 49.6% | -5.7 | -1.4 | 18249 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), Sealed | 52.7% | -2.9 | +1.0 | 1641 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen