Darkness Descends ECL 0097 · uncommon
Darkness Descends · {2}{B}{B} · Sorcery · Put two -1/-1 counters on each creature. · Isilu's presence turned day to night, fellowship to suspicion, and neighbors against one another.
- Price
- from $0.241 printing
- Win rate
- 48.2% GIH 3,148 instances · Premier Draft
Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 17Lands - Found in
- MTGO Redemption →
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,518 wins in 3,148 card-in-hand instances.
2,966 distinct games · 1,241 distinct drafts · games recorded Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026.
17Lands file dated May 18, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
−6.8 pp vs 55.0% average · 3,148 instances
Premier Draft · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · average from 536,566 games
#262 of 274 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.3 on average (75,964 packs).
37 of 39 black cards · 15 of 16 black uncommon cards.
35,330.4 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 46.3% · 1,234 instances
● Drawn later 49.5% · 1,914 instances
In hand 48.2% · 3,148 instances
Unseen in deck 48.9% · 4,276 instances
−0.7 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
Elves BG51.1% ◌423 instancesBlue–Black UB50.9% ◌175 instancesWhite–Black WB49.0% ◌253 instancesGoblins BR45.2% ◌425 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (48.2% · 3,148 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.
Bogslither's Embrace3,147 games with both in the deckBlight Rot2,979 games with both in the deckAuntie's Sentence2,161 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 4% of 274 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · MTGO Redemption | $0.24 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.34 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.59%) · 27.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 336 packs (0.30%) · 8.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.29%) · 63.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Play Booster | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Ralph Horsley, ECL 97 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗