Shiv's Embrace
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Urza's SagaUSG · #216
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.31 € · 0.19 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying. : Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Bob Eggleton
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1998-10-12
Flavour text
"Wear the foe's form to best it in battle. So sayeth the bey."
Rulings
Only Shiv’s Embrace’s controller (who is not necessarily the enchanted creature’s controller) can activate its activated ability.
When Shiv’s Embrace’s activated ability resolves, the creature Shiv’s Embrace is enchanting at that time will get +1/+0 (regardless of what creature Shiv’s Embrace was enchanting when the ability was activated). If Shiv’s Embrace has left the battlefield by then, the creature it was enchanting at the time it left the battlefield will get +1/+0.
