Dark Ritual
Urza's Saga 127 • common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 127
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Tom Fleming
- Market price
- $4.47
What it does
Add black mana black mana black mana.
"From void evolved Phyrexia. Great Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus the Grand Evolution began."— *Phyrexian Scriptures*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerBanned
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Where it came from
Dark Ritual was originally released in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993 as a core component of black mana acceleration. By the time it appeared in the 1998 Urza's Saga expansion, the card had already solidified its reputation as one of the most powerful and efficient spells in the game, allowing players to generate three black mana for the cost of one.
The Urza's Saga printing features artwork by Tom Fleming, whose style brought a dark, painterly aesthetic to the card that aligned with the ominous nature of the spell. As a common rarity card, it was widely accessible to players of the era, though its impact on competitive formats led to strict restrictions in later years as the game's balance evolved.
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