Fear of the Dark DSK 0098 · common
Fear of the Dark · {4}{B} · Enchantment Creature — Nightmare · Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player controls no Glimmer creatures, it gains menace and deathtouch until end of turn. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) · Power / toughness: 5/5 · The first thing it kills is the light.
- Price
- from $0.151 printing
- Win rate
- 50.8% GIH 23,919 instances · Premier Draft
Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · 17Lands - Found in
- MTGO Redemption →
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 12,156 wins in 23,919 card-in-hand instances.
22,675 distinct games · 8,823 distinct drafts · games recorded Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024.
17Lands file dated Oct 29, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
−3.7 pp vs 54.5% average · 23,919 instances
Premier Draft · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · average from 1,011,949 games
#232 of 261 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.0 on average (356,069 packs).
36 of 43 black cards · 12 of 15 black common cards.
126,894.1 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 48.6% · 8,949 instances
● Drawn later 52.1% · 14,970 instances
In hand 50.8% · 23,919 instances
Unseen in deck 49.0% · 34,217 instances
+1.8 percentage points when drawn
Compared with black cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
Sacrifice BR52.4%3,581 instancesDelirium Grind BG52.3%3,900 instancesReanimator WB50.5%3,683 instancesEerie Control UB50.2%3,519 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (50.8% · 23,919 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Usually played with
Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.
Murder24,415 games with both in the deckWinter's Intervention20,968 games with both in the deckFinal Vengeance20,614 games with both in the deckHow to read this
Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.
At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.
Where it sits in the set
Above 11% of 261 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · MTGO Redemption | $0.15 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.29 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 19 packs (5.38%) · 48.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil commons | 100% per position | Traditional foil commons |
Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Sam Wolfe Connelly, DSK 98 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗