EL of a Shade

[Schayde]

Last game session, I had a player's near-epic-level character "cursed" by becoming a Shade (Forgotten Realms).
Anyone know the EL of a Shade? The FRCS only lists that it has a +2 to CR, but does not say anything about an EL. I guessed and said it was an EL +1.
I was hoping to have a book to back up the guess.

 

[Darkness]

The PGtF monster update (web enhancement) puts a shade's LA at +5. (I think it was +4 in 3.0.)

 

[Liquidsabre]

The most up-to-date version of the shade can be found in Races of Faerun at LA +4. I did a template class for the shade not to long ago, I'll see if I can dig it up if you're interested.