Cloud of Darkness
Final Fantasy 481 • uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Collector number
- 481
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Fariba Khamseh
- Market price
- $0.69
What it does
Flying
Particle Beam — When Cloud of Darkness enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.
"We are the Cloud of Darkness! Bringer of wrath and destroyer of light!"
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Cloud of Darkness originated as the final antagonist of Final Fantasy III, first released by Square in 1990 for the Famicom. Representing the physical manifestation of the Void, the entity was designed by Yoshitaka Amano, whose ethereal and flowing artistic style defined the early visual identity of the franchise. The character serves as a stark embodiment of entropy, intended to represent the total erasure of existence rather than a traditional villainous motivation.
As a trading card, this depiction draws upon the refined character design updates introduced in later remakes and spin-off titles like Dissidia Final Fantasy. These cards are produced as part of the official Square Enix trading card game series, which aims to translate the intricate, high-fantasy aesthetics of the games into a physical format. The design choice to foreground the character’s signature tentacle-like appendages and pale, otherworldly features is meant to evoke the same sense of cosmic dread felt during the game's climactic battle.
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About Cloud of Darkness
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