Power: 1 | Speed: 2 | Rarity: Common | World Region: The Shadow Runs
Origins: Shadow Wolf is Shadow's coordinating Common – 1/2, modest stats, but with the same coordination function as Nature's Grove Wolf operating in zero-light conditions. The Shadow Runs connect every shadow-territory position, and Shadow Wolf uses that network to make every other Shadow card in the deck slightly harder to track and slightly better positioned. It doesn't fight. It makes the fight harder for everyone else.
Finishing Move: Pack Shadow: Coordinates the pack through shadow communication – a signal system that operates in complete darkness and repositions every Shadow card in the deck without generating a single detectable signal.
Synergy & Rivalry: The shadow coordination card in any Shadow deck. Earth's Terra Wolf is its direct stat-match counterpart – two wolf cards from opposite affinities who both provide coordination functions, and who have been comparing pack-management systems across their affinity boundary for longer than most cards in the game have been active.