Tainted Darkness

Tainted Darkness (forums) is a Standard Coalition PvP event, released in November 2025 with update 7.6.0 and the Shadowmoor (SHM) card set.

Tainted Darkness (TDK)
Type	PvP Standard Coalition
Rewards	Progression Individual placement Coalition placement
Nodes	1
Charges	9 initial charges
Specials	Perma-support in play
Card XP gain	20 XP (all wins on a node)
Introduced	SHM · Nov 2025 · v7.6.0
Portal:Events   (Infobox · Data)

Contents

Story

“One night Oona bottled the sky. The next night she aligned the stars and released it.”

Despite being the same exact plane, Shadowmoor is very different from Lorwyn. Where it was always sunny the plane is now dark, gloomy and foggy. Resources are scarce and the tribes now constantly bicker and fight over every scrap. What once was brimming with life is now a place of oppression, horror and death.

Special rules

Permanent support		A permanent support affects play on one or more nodes.

A cycling support affects each player as they explore the lands of Shadowmoor.

Permanent support: Plains of Shadowmoor
Side: Both	Land. At the beginning of your turn: Destroy a random opposing creature. At the end of your turn: Destroy this support and create a Islands of Shadowmoor Token.

Permanent support: Islands of Shadowmoor
Side: Both	Land. At the beginning of your turn: Your opponent discards a card. At the end of your turn: Destroy this support and create a Swamps of Shadowmoor Token.

Permanent support: Swamps of Shadowmoor
Side: Both	Land. At the beginning of your turn: Fetch a random card from your opponent's hand. At the end of your turn: Destroy this support and create a Mountains of Shadowmoor Token.

Permanent support: Mountains of Shadowmoor
Side: Both	Land. At the beginning of your turn: Deal 3 damage to target creature or Planeswalker. At the end of your turn: Destroy this support and create a Forests of Shadowmoor Token.

Permanent support: Forests of Shadowmoor
Side: Both	Land. At the beginning of your turn: Drain 8 mana from your opponent's hand. At the end of your turn: Destroy this support and create a Plains of Shadowmoor Token.

Objectives

Objectives	Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.	4 · 200
True Loyalty:  Activate 2 different Loyalty abilities in a single fight.	2
Veteran:  Cast 6 or more creatures with cost 10 or more.	4

Rewards

Progression rewards (Nov 2025)

Ribbons	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
25	500	1,000	1,000	1,500
30	5	10	15	20
35	SHM Booster Pack	SHM Booster Pack	SHM Booster Pack	SHM Booster Pack
40	1,000	1,000	1,500	1,500
45	2	3	4	5
50	1,500	2,000	2,500	3,000
55	SHM Booster Pack	SHM Booster Pack	SHM Booster Pack	SHM Booster Pack
60	SHM Booster Pack 5	SHM Booster Pack 10	SHM Booster Pack 15	SHM Booster Pack 20

Individual rewards (Nov 2025)

Rank	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
1-5	SHM Booster Pack x 3 5,000  · 5	SHM Booster Pack x 3 5,000  · 5	SHM Booster Pack x 3 5,000  · 5	SHM Booster Pack x 3 5,000  · 5
6-25	SHM Booster Pack x2 4,000  · 5	SHM Booster Pack x2 4,000  · 5	SHM Booster Pack x2 4,000  · 5	SHM Booster Pack x2 4,000  · 5
26-50	SHM Booster Pack 3,000  · 3	SHM Booster Pack 3,000  · 3	SHM Booster Pack 3,000  · 3	SHM Booster Pack 3,000  · 3
51-100	SHM Booster Pack 2,000  · 3	SHM Booster Pack 2,000  · 3	SHM Booster Pack 2,000  · 3	SHM Booster Pack 2,000  · 3
101-250	2,000  · 3	2,000  · 3	2,000  · 3	2,000  · 3
251-500	1,000  · 2	1,000  · 2	1,000  · 2	1,000  · 2
501-3000	1,000  · 1	1,000  · 1	1,000  · 1	1,000  · 1