Bane, Lord of Darkness
Legendary Creature — God
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bane has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, target opponent may have you draw a card. If they don't, you may put a creature card with equal or lesser toughness from your hand onto the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #13290
Bane, Lord of Darkness forces each opponent to sacrifice a creature on your end step every turn — a repeating, uncounterable attrition engine stapled to a 6/6 body. The cost is a steep six mana and the need to keep Bane alive long enough to matter.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bane, Lord of Darkness actually lives — three opponents means three sacrifices per end step, and the effect compounds fast against creature-dependent strategies. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competing against formats where six-mana do-nothings-until-your-next-turn don't survive long enough to trigger. Oathbreaker is the one other home where a single opponent and a faster clock make Bane a fringe inclusion at best.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Bane, Lord of Darkness is deep bulk — the price of a throwaway rare that sees narrow play. Given its Commander-specific appeal and unique repeating-sacrifice effect, it's unlikely to spike but equally unlikely to fall further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.