Dark Temper
Instant
Dark Temper deals 2 damage to target creature. If you control a black permanent, destroy the creature instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26624
Dark Temper kills a creature — and if you control a black permanent, it kills it at instant speed with no strings attached. Two mana for unconditional removal is the baseline, and Dark Temper clears it cleanly in any deck that's already playing black.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dark Temper competes in a crowded field of two-mana instant removal, and the black-permanent condition is essentially free in any mono-black or black-heavy shell — making it a legitimate budget slot. Pauper is where Dark Temper sees its most serious competition, since the common removal pool is deep and every slot is contested. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly outclassed by Fatal Push and Snuff Out, so the application there is negligible. The card is cleanest in Commander lists that need cheap unconditional removal without the drawback clauses attached to something like Doom Blade.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Dark Temper is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. That price won't move; there's no scarcity story here, just a functional removal spell you slot in and forget you paid for.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.