Terrors in the Shadows (TiS) is a Standard Coalition event introduced in August 2016, along with the release of the Shadows over Innistrad set.
| Terrors in the Shadows (TiS) | |
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| Type |
 PvP Legacy |
| Rewards |
 Progression Individual placement |
| Nodes | 3 |
| Charges |
3 initial charges 5 maximum charges 8h recharge time |
| Specials |
 PW color-restricted PW choice locked Enraged (x2 damage) |
| Card XP gain | 20 XP (all wins on a node) |
| Introduced |
 SOI · Aug 2016 · v1.6 |
| Portal:Events (Infobox · Data) | |
Each battle in this event has a secondary objective to summon a pair of thematically terrifying creatures.
Contents
History
Between December 2016 and August 2024, Terrors in the Shadows was a PvP Legacy event. In October 2021 its rewards were updated to feature the newly-released Innistrad: Midnight Hunt set, and Innistrad: Crimson Vow rewards were added in May 2022. TiS had long been an especially competitive event, due to its rewards being from an old set which is harder to acquire.
In August 2025 a White node objective was altered. In November 2024 a Green node objective was altered.
Planeswalkers could only be used on a single node. Once a Planeswalker was selected for a node, that node was locked, and no other Planeswalkers could be selected. Selected Planeswalkers were removed from selection for the other nodes.
Before Webcore's standardization of full charges at start, charges were added in excess of the maximum and could be be missed.
Special rules
| Color restriction
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One or more nodes in this event can only be played by Planeswalkers of a specified color. |
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| Enraged
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Side: Both | Turns: 5 | ||
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| After 5 turns, both players become enraged and deal double damage. | ||||
| Locked nodes
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Once a Planeswalker has been chosen for a node, it's locked in for the whole event. |
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Node 1 (top): Black
| Planeswalker color restriction
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 Black
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| Only planeswalkers with affinity to Black can be played. | |
| Objectives | Reward | ||
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4 · 100 
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2
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1
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Node 2 (left): White
Objective 2 was previously : Summon: Win the fight and summon 2 Spirits or Zombies
| Planeswalker color restriction
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 White
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| Only planeswalkers with affinity to White can be played. | |
| Objectives | Reward | ||
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4 · 100
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2
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1
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Node 3 (right): Green
Objective 2 was previously : Summon: Win the fight and summon 2 Wolves or Werewolves
| Planeswalker color restriction
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 Green
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| Only planeswalkers with affinity to Green can be played. | |
| Objectives | Reward | ||
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4 · 100
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2
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1
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Schedule
| Number of charges | Possible points | Time elapsed | Time in UTC | ||
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| Base | Bonus | Total | |||
| 3 (Initial charges) | 36 | 27 | 63 | -START- | 12:00 PM |
| 4 | 48 | 36 | 84 | +8 Hrs | 8:00 PM |
| 5 (Max charges reached)* | 60 | 45 | 105 | +16 Hrs | 4:00 AM |
| 6 | 72 | 54 | 126 | +24 Hrs | 12:00 PM |
| 7 | 84 | 63 | 147 | +32 Hrs | 8:00 PM |
| 8§ | 96 | 72 | 168 | +40 Hrs | 4:00 AM |
| Event end | 168 | +46 Hrs | 10:00 AM | ||
* Maximum charges reached if you have not started playing yet.
§ 6 hours available to complete last charge.
Noon* start, 10AM UTC end; 46 hours. On each of three nodes, three charges to start and eight hour recharging of nodes, five times. Eight charges in all, with a five charge maximum; it is possible to lose charges.
* Previously, and potentially again, 11AM UTC start
Rewards
SOI has an exceptionally small player reward bracket size of 250.
| Ribbons | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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| 5 | 500
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600
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700
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800
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| 25 | 5 
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5
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10
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10
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| 50 | SOI Rare Card | SOI Rare Card | SOI Rare Card | SOI Rare Card |
| 75 | MID Rare Card | MID Rare Card | MID Rare Card | MID Rare Card |
| 100 | VOW Rare Card | VOW Rare Card | VOW Rare Card | VOW Rare Card |
| Rank | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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| 1-5 | VOW Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 5 
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VOW Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 10
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VOW Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 15
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VOW Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 20
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| 6-25 | MID Rare Card SOI Booster Pack |
MID Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 5
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MID Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 10
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MID Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 15
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| 26-50 | SOI Rare Card SOI Booster Pack |
SOI Rare Card SOI Booster Pack |
SOI Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 5
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SOI Rare Card SOI Booster Pack 10
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| 51-100 | SOI Booster Pack | SOI Booster Pack | SOI Booster Pack | SOI Booster Pack 5
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| 101-250 | 500
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500
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500
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500
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Shadows over Innistrad is considerably more rare than MID or VOW; for newer players, the third tier reward of a Shadows over Innistrad pack is superior to either the first place reward of an Innistrad: Crimson Vow pack or the second place Innistrad: Midnight Hunt pack. After the rewards change, some players began pulling their punches, and trying for third place Shadows over Innistrad Rewards on purpose. It is a tricky process to get a sufficiently high score to get third place but not so high as to place higher. In some brackets, it may be necessary to give up the last individual reward, effectively trading two Standard Rares for one Legacy.