Shepherd of Rot
Mana cost {1}{B}. Power/toughness 1/1.
{T}: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.
Shepherd of Rot is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Onslaught printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.53) · TCGplayer ($2.07) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.50 and €0.95 in that time.
How often Shepherd of Rot is played
Shepherd of Rot is maindecked in 3 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (2%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 3 of them play it (4%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Shepherd of Rot
- Zombies: Tapping it makes each player lose one life per Zombie on the battlefield, yours and theirs. That is life loss, so blockers, Solitary Confinement and Glacial Chasm do not stop it, and with a full board it takes four to six life a turn. Against Sligh and Burn count both sides carefully: it hurts you just as much.
Tournament decks with Shepherd of Rot
- Hatred Zombies: Top 8 at Comix Café (4× mainboard)
- Zombie Tribal: 1st Place at Cloudpost PM 7/26 (4× mainboard)
- zombies: 4th Place at La Parroquia Friday Night (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Shepherd of Rot
- Deadapult (4×)
- Bloody Clerics (1×)
