Cloud of Darkness
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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.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.52
- EDHREC rank
- #17001
Cloud of Darkness hits the table and immediately locks every opponent out of attacking or blocking with more than one creature — a blanket combat tax that warps the board from the moment it resolves. The cost is seven mana and a mono-black commitment, but decks built to pay that price get a game-defining threat that demands an answer.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cloud of Darkness is a finisher and a stax piece in one, which makes it particularly punishing in mono-black decks that can establish a dominant board presence before dropping it — opponents with single large threats are neutered, and go-wide token strategies are simply shut down. Outside Commander, the seven-mana cost keeps it out of most competitive Legacy and Vintage conversations where faster threats dominate, and in Modern and Pioneer it's legal but rarely played for the same reason. It's fundamentally a multiplayer card: the more opponents it affects simultaneously, the more value it generates.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.52 bulk tier
At $0.52, Cloud of Darkness is deep bulk — the price reflects its niche role rather than its on-board impact. It holds that floor reliably given the narrow mono-black requirement, so there's no compelling reason to expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.