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Sickening Shoal

First printed in Betrayers of Kamigawa (2005)

Sickening Shoal

Instant — Arcane

You may exile a black card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Illustrated by
Dan Murayama Scott

Legality

Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 0.04 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Vintage In 29 of 686 decks (4.2%), most in Dredge

Staple: sideboard, 5% of decks (#41)

Share of decks
4.2%
▼ 0.3 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 8.8% 2026-08-17: 8.6% 2026-08-24: 5.9% 2026-08-31: 4.4% 2026-09-07: 6.8% 2026-09-14: 3.2% 2026-09-21: 3.1% 2026-09-28: 5.5% 2026-10-05: 3.3% 2026-10-12: 5.5% 2026-10-19: 2.9% 2026-10-26: 5.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
29
1 main, 28 sideboard
Avg. copies
4.0
in the main deck
Win rate
48%
3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Dredge 3.5% 100%
UBRG (unclassified) 3.4% 4%
UBG (unclassified) 1.7% 33%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Dredge
blackdecks99 in Vintage Challenge 32		 5-2
71%
Dredge
DelverFofoqueiro in Vintage Challenge 32		 4-2
67%
Dredge
Otazz in Vintage Challenge 16		 3-2
60%
Dredge
Lord_Beerus in Vintage Challenge 16		 3-2
60%
Dredge
blackdecks99 in Vintage Challenge 32		 4-3
57%
Dredge
MeninooNey in Vintage Challenge 32		 3-3
50%
UBRG
MonstrousRage in Vintage Challenge 32		 3-3
50%
Dredge
Henry Revesz in From The Vault: Vintage 5		 3-3
50%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Dredge
Wizard_2002, 		4 side #28
of 46
2-3
Dredge
Wizard_2002, 		4 side 5-0
Dredge
Otazz, 		4 side #9
of 24
3-2
UBG
DB_LvL1, 		4 side #23
of 24
0-1
Dredge
Lord_Beerus, 		4 side #27
of 45
2-2
Dredge
The_shallow_grave, 		4 side #22
of 24
0-2
Dredge
MeninooNey, 		4 side #18
of 52
3-3
UBRG
MonstrousRage, 		4 main #22
of 43
3-3

Commander In 10 of 6550 decks (0.2%), most in Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Share of decks
0.2%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.2% 2026-08-24: 0.1% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.1% 2026-09-14: 0.2% 2026-09-21: 0.2% 2026-09-28: 0.1% 2026-10-05: 0.2% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.2% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
10
10 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist 0.6% 10%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow 0.5% 6%
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled 0.1% 40%
Braids, Arisen Nightmare 0.0% 67%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Deadly Rollick100%7.4
Imperial Seal100%2.6
Demonic Tutor100%2.1
Vampiric Tutor100%2.1
Marsh Flats100%2.0
Mox Diamond100%1.2
Chrome Mox100%1.1
Lotus Petal100%1.1
Gemstone Caverns100%1.1
Orcish Bowmasters90%2.7

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Thomas ODell, 		1 main #20
of 33
0-3
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Cody West, 		1 main #69
of 72
0-4
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
EDHsenpai [BAD], 		1 main #14
of 53
1-2
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Tyler English, 		1 main #21
of 53
1-3
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
EDHsenpai [BAD], 		1 main #14
of 19
0-3
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Merculeez, 		1 main #3
of 18
2-2
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Brian Barbian, 		1 main #31
of 65
1-3
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Void of Emperor [INTIM], 		1 main #1
of 27
3-1