Cover of Darkness
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1434
Cover of Darkness gives every creature of a chosen type fear — effectively unblockable against non-black, non-artifact boards — for two mana, and that cost is the point. Ezio Auditore da Firenze in particular relies on connecting with players to trigger his assassination mechanic, and Cover of Darkness turns that from a conditional threat into a near-guarantee.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze needs his Assassins to connect with players to generate his kill-counter triggers, and Cover of Darkness makes the whole type essentially unblockable for two mana — it's the most efficient enabler the deck has.
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer leads a Snake tribal strategy that wants to push damage through for value, and Cover of Darkness naming Snakes turns every threat in the deck into a problem most blockers simply can't answer.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad rewards Assassins connecting with enemies, so Cover of Darkness naming Assassins removes the biggest obstacle — chump blocks — from the entire equation.
Splinter, Radical Rat
Splinter, Radical Rat builds around Rats swarming the board, and Cover of Darkness naming Rats lets that wide army punch through defenses that would otherwise absorb the damage all day.
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive needs Assassins and Rogues to connect with opponents' creatures to stack her hit counters, and Cover of Darkness naming either type turns those combat steps from contested to one-sided.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cover of Darkness is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually sees play — tribal strategies are a Commander staple, and a two-mana enchantment that blanket-grants fear to an entire type is absurdly efficient at that scale. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too narrow and too dependent on having a creature-type critical mass that those formats rarely assemble at speed. Modern is the same story: linear aggro has better tools, and control ignores the enchantment entirely. Cover of Darkness is, in practice, a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Mentioned
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
- Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
- Splinter, Radical Rat
- Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.