[EVE] Stalker of Shadows

[Alivezombie16]

Since no one has created a thread for this card, he is a new Eventide card I found in our partial spoiler:

Stalker of Shadows
Creature - Elemental

Chrome - Stalker of Shadows' power and toughness are each equal to the number of black mana symbols in mana costs on cards in your graveyard.
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This card brings up a few key points:

• A new mechanic: Chrome. Will it only refer to the graveyard or any card that refers to mana symbols. (i.e. Phosphorescent Feast
• Does it count hybrid mana symbols? ( or )

Do you think is this card is constructed worthy? I would say no because of no evasion, and Korlash is probably more consistant without filling your graveyard specifically for this card. It does get more powerful in multiples like Korlash, but is vulnerable to graveyard hate. Also no evasion, or regeneration hurts. (Greater Gargadon syndrome) Also, I think its too expensive. I'd rather play Oona, my vote for most powerful creature in standard. Discuss.

[Phyrre56]

There's a whole thread about this card from weeks ago. I'm kind of surprised it was added to the spoiler, because many believed it was fake and I don't recall seeing the usual confirmation about it...

[Alivezombie16]

Yea i heard about it but I couldn't find that thread, so if a mod wants they can merge the two threads together.

[burek]

Weee, a crap rare with no application outside Limited. Even in Limited, it's pretty much chaff.

[ced395]

1. What ability is Chrome conferring exactly? Obviously it's giving the pt setting ability, but, if the ability appears on other cards, surely it won't do the same thing?

2. No evasion or anything you'd expect from the sort of rare fattie cycle that would appear from a card like this, means that it's pretty much useless and not particularly interesting.

Not much good at all.

[Bitsy]

*cough* Oona's Prowler met your new best friend *cough*

Looks like a fun card.

[pandafarmer]

Chrome was a sloppy translation of the mechanic, since the card shown was in a foreign language. No one could really figure out what the correct equivalent was outside of "Chrome" or "Corona."

I'd bet that the mods had new info stating it was real, otherwise it never would have hit the spoiler.

[hamtastic]

Huh. Strange to see it in the spoiler, but whatever.

"Good in limited, bad in Constructed" aka "GiLBiC". Another big fat black creature with no evasion or way to cheat him into play as a fatty means... jank rare for beating up your friends at the kitchen table.

Decent with Rite of Consumption, I guess. If I ever make a casual-ish dredge deck I'd probably run him in it for fun with dread return. What with the Ichorids, Bridges, Imp's, etc he'll probably end up lethal in one swing... well, assuming he doesn't get chump blocked by a saproling token, that is.

[Alivezombie16]

I believe Chrome refers to any ability that counts the amount of a certain type of mana symbols. I'm sure the zone will vary from card to card.

[Thallid Ice Cream Man]

Originally Posted by Alivezombie16

Yea i heard about it but I couldn't find that thread, so if a mod wants they can merge the two threads together.

The thread poster wanted the mods to delete the thread -- I know because at one point the title changed from something about the card to "mods please delete" -- and then they did delete it.


"Chrome" (remember, it's in italics) is an ability word that presumably involves counting the number of mana symbols of a color somewhere. Ability words have no inherent rules meaning, but are useful to help identify multiple cards that work similarly (see hellbent, radiance, sweep, etc.).

"Chrome" seems like the simplest back-translation for the Spanish "Chroma" which IIRC was on the original spoiled card.

Big creature is big.

[d4 necromancer]

'Chrome' is one of those really-but-not-quite keywords like Hellbent or Threshold. Each onecan do different things that are better identified on each specific card.

For instance, Phosphorescent Feast could very well have had Chrome.

[ced395]

Originally Posted by Thallid Ice Cream Man

"Chrome" (remember, it's in italics) is an ability word that presumably involves counting the number of mana symbols of a color somewhere. Ability words have no inherent rules meaning, but are useful to help identify multiple cards that work similarly (see hellbent, radiance, sweep, etc.).

Good point. I knew I recognised the formatting.

I like the mechanic, i guess, but the card is not particularly interesting with only 1 ability. Badly needs evasion. I guess you could give it evasion somehow, but, say, Fear isn't that good. Is there another way in monoblack to give evasion?

Drain the Well has appear as well. Presumably it's so incredibly obvious that they just put it on...

[jeaok]

Originally Posted by ced395

Is there another way in monoblack to give evasion?

Profane command. But this card is not worth trying to make a deck out of.

[Tilde]

Now I'm really curious as to where the confirmation on this came from. I beseech the spoiler gods for more information.

[urzassedatives]

Originally Posted by Tilde

Now I'm really curious as to where the confirmation on this came from. I beseech the spoiler gods for more information.

The thread had the scan removed and 'please remove this' when I saw it, but from my understanding, it is of the same nature as Shivan Meteor. Look up how that card was spoiled if you don't remember. (People cried fake because of the mockup scan)