Dark Dabbling
Instant
Regenerate target creature. Draw a card. (The next time the creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, also regenerate each other creature you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #12451
Dark Dabbling regenerates all your creatures and replaces itself for three mana — that's a full board save stapled to a cantrip. With Killian, Ink Duelist cutting the cost to one, it becomes one of the most efficient combat tricks in the format.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Killian, Ink Duelist
Killian, Ink Duelist reduces Dark Dabbling to a single black mana, turning a solid combat trick into a trivially-timed board protection spell that draws a card — 32% of Killian decks run it for exactly that reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dark Dabbling earns its slot as a mass-regeneration effect that draws a card — the cantrip is what separates it from most protection spells, which cost you tempo and card equity simultaneously. It's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Pauper, but regeneration mechanics are niche in those formats where wraths are rare and combat is more predictable. Pauper is the most plausible non-Commander home, where budget board protection has real demand. Everywhere else, Dark Dabbling stays on the bench.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Dark Dabbling is bulk — easy to pick up without thinking about it. Bulk commons and uncommons with niche Commander demand rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.