Art by Fariba Khamseh
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.
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Most Played With Cloud of Darkness (213)
Sol Ring
60% of decks · $1.34
Arcane Signet
47% of decks · $0.49
Wight of the Reliquary
42% of decks · $0.41
Colossal Grave-Reaver
40% of decks · $11.42
Stitcher's Supplier
39% of decks · $0.37
Summon: Titan
36% of decks · $1.54
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
36% of decks · $2.52
Reanimate
36% of decks · $10.10
Skull Prophet
35% of decks · $0.85
Haywire Mite
35% of decks · $0.51
Ahriman
35% of decks · $0.22
Rise of the Witch-king
35% of decks · $0.51
Grisly Salvage
34% of decks · $0.35
Dark Matter Manipulator
33% of decks · $1.03
Lich's Relic
33% of decks · $1.49
Gardenize
33% of decks · $0.94
Lord of Extinction
32% of decks · $0.80
Birds of Paradise
32% of decks · $8.98
Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
32% of decks · $0.27
Accursed Marauder
32% of decks · $0.31
Spore Frog
30% of decks · $0.33
Satyr Wayfinder
30% of decks · $0.31
Sheoldred, Whispering One
30% of decks · $20.76
Town Greeter
30% of decks · $0.23
Nyx Weaver
29% of decks · $0.33
Fang, Fearless l'Cie
29% of decks · $0.29
Supernatural Stamina
29% of decks · $0.21
Assassin's Trophy
29% of decks · $1.17
Rise of the Dark Realms
27% of decks · $6.73
Ripples of Undeath
27% of decks · $8.68
Cauldron of Essence
27% of decks · $2.94
Llanowar Elves
26% of decks · $0.31
Fiend Artisan
26% of decks · $5.34
Fake Your Own Death
26% of decks · $0.24
Animate Dead
26% of decks · $7.45
Six
25% of decks · $5.58
Brawn
25% of decks · $0.45
Old Stickfingers
25% of decks · $0.36
Malakir Rebirth
25% of decks
Kaya's Ghostform
25% of decks · $1.71
Reclamation Sage
23% of decks · $0.33
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
23% of decks · $9.46
Viscera Seer
23% of decks · $0.49
Entomb
23% of decks · $18.32
Dread Return
23% of decks · $0.60
Breach the Multiverse
23% of decks · $11.45
Icetill Explorer
23% of decks · $22.74
Culling Ritual
22% of decks · $0.53
Rampant Growth
22% of decks · $1.28
Cultivate
22% of decks · $0.41
Guardian Project
22% of decks · $15.41
Mole Man, Moloid Master
21% of decks · $1.21
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
21% of decks · $28.68
Malboro
21% of decks · $0.24
Deathrite Shaman
21% of decks · $9.08
Three Visits
21% of decks · $5.55
Sylvan Library
21% of decks · $28.89
Arcane Amphisbaena
20% of decks · $0.16
Hexhaven Invigorator
20% of decks · $28.34
Carnivorous Cultivator
20% of decks
Vraska, the Cutting Glare
20% of decks · $0.40
Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
20% of decks · $19.61
Proft, Sinister Mastermind
20% of decks · $0.20
Ghalta the Unstoppable
20% of decks · $0.43
Something Worth Saving
20% of decks · $0.19
Rewrite Regrets
20% of decks · $0.25
Overwrite the Multiverse
20% of decks · $1.50
Fleshbag Marauder
19% of decks · $0.28
Nighthowler
19% of decks · $0.33
Junji, the Midnight Sky
19% of decks · $0.94
The Darkness Crystal
19% of decks · $4.28
Balamb T-Rexaur
18% of decks · $0.18
Souls of the Lost
18% of decks · $0.36
Wood Elves
18% of decks · $0.24
Putrefy
18% of decks · $0.32
Feign Death
18% of decks · $0.78
Sephiroth's Intervention
18% of decks · $0.16
Farseek
18% of decks · $0.46
Altar of Dementia
18% of decks · $17.15
Hedge Shredder
18% of decks · $2.80
Golgari Grave-Troll
17% of decks · $2.48
Plaguecrafter
17% of decks · $0.39
Disciple of Freyalise
17% of decks
Elves of Deep Shadow
17% of decks · $5.23
Insidious Fungus
17% of decks · $0.65
Dark Ritual
17% of decks · $7.28
Infuse with Vitality
17% of decks · $0.19
Beast Within
17% of decks · $0.65
Golgari Signet
17% of decks · $0.34
Undying Malice
16% of decks · $0.38
Grapple with the Past
16% of decks · $0.30
Buried Alive
16% of decks · $3.55
Living Death
16% of decks · $6.29
Toxic Deluge
16% of decks · $5.02
Conduit of Worlds
16% of decks · $1.12
Out of the Tombs
16% of decks · $11.70
Deadbridge Chant
16% of decks · $0.60
Thrór's Map
15% of decks · $0.24
Fight On!
14% of decks · $0.19
Cast Away Doubt
14% of decks · $0.24
Birthing Pod
14% of decks · $12.12
Phyrexian Reclamation
14% of decks · $2.84
Moldervine Reclamation
14% of decks · $0.34
Vincent's Limit Break
13% of decks · $0.16
Nature's Lore
13% of decks · $2.23
Demonic Tutor
13% of decks · $69.17
Life from the Loam
13% of decks · $5.21
Evil Reawakened
13% of decks · $0.21
Bonehoard
13% of decks · $0.85
The Meathook Massacre
13% of decks · $24.81
Heroic Intervention
12% of decks · $17.60
Harrow
12% of decks · $0.32
Blitzball Shot
12% of decks · $0.11
Vayne's Treachery
12% of decks · $0.11
Prishe's Wanderings
12% of decks · $0.22
Agadeem's Awakening
12% of decks
Panharmonicon
12% of decks · $6.49
Blitzball
12% of decks · $0.22
Mortal Combat
12% of decks · $6.28
Avatar Destiny
11% of decks · $0.25
Abrupt Decay
10% of decks · $2.62
Overwhelming Remorse
10% of decks · $0.24
Sign in Blood
10% of decks · $3.14
Resentful Revelation
10% of decks · $0.21
Crucible of Worlds
10% of decks · $33.00
Skullclamp
10% of decks · $5.18
Blackblade Reforged
10% of decks · $3.22
Journey to Eternity
10% of decks
Not Dead After All
9% of decks · $1.65
Revitalizing Repast
9% of decks
Tifa's Limit Break
9% of decks · $0.27
Unmarked Grave
9% of decks · $3.76
Bala Ged Recovery
9% of decks
Squirming Emergence
9% of decks · $0.31
The Final Days
9% of decks · $0.19
Phyrexian Altar
9% of decks · $53.98
Jet Medallion
9% of decks · $14.67
Phantom Train
9% of decks · $0.23
The Earth Crystal
9% of decks · $12.08
World Map
9% of decks · $0.27
Binding the Old Gods
9% of decks · $0.32
Deathreap Ritual
9% of decks · $0.36
Oversold Cemetery
9% of decks · $2.60
Rydia's Return
8% of decks · $0.21
Deadly Dispute
8% of decks · $0.27
Airship Crash
8% of decks · $0.13
Coiling Rebirth
8% of decks · $0.24
Mesmeric Orb
8% of decks · $17.97
Quest for the Necropolis
8% of decks · $0.24
Font of Fertility
8% of decks · $0.38
Virtue of Persistence
8% of decks
Along the Crooked Way
8% of decks · $0.28
Garruk, Curse Breaker
7% of decks · $3.19
Garruk, Veiled Butcher
7% of decks · $1.97
Fell the Profane
6% of decks
Crop Rotation
6% of decks · $3.83
Deathsprout
6% of decks · $0.37
Abnormal Endurance
6% of decks · $0.12
Galuf's Final Act
6% of decks · $0.20
Overkill
6% of decks · $0.32
Eldritch Evolution
6% of decks · $4.18
Blasphemous Edict
6% of decks · $4.24
Stitch Together
6% of decks · $1.44
Cornered by Black Mages
6% of decks · $0.23
Wayfarer's Bauble
6% of decks · $5.61
Swiftfoot Boots
6% of decks
Lightning Greaves
6% of decks · $4.10
Black Mage's Rod
6% of decks · $0.25
Instant Ramen
6% of decks · $0.24
Chromatic Lantern
6% of decks
Mind Stone
6% of decks
Ring of the Lucii
6% of decks · $0.30
Minion's Return
6% of decks · $0.36
Fungal Fortitude
6% of decks · $0.26
Greater Good
6% of decks · $1.56
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
6% of decks · $0.27
Doc Ock's Tentacles
6% of decks · $0.41
Roiling Regrowth
5% of decks · $0.34
Murder
5% of decks · $0.20
Noxious Revival
5% of decks · $7.25
Return to Action
5% of decks · $0.25
Another Chance
5% of decks · $0.25
Corpse Churn
5% of decks · $0.10
Vampiric Tutor
5% of decks · $54.03
Unnatural Restoration
5% of decks · $1.34
Terror Tide
5% of decks · $0.37
Splendid Reclamation
5% of decks · $0.33
Finale of Eternity
5% of decks · $0.95
Feed the Swarm
5% of decks · $0.24
Natural Order
5% of decks · $35.42
Final Parting
5% of decks · $0.66
Badlands Revival
5% of decks · $0.21
Deadly Brew
5% of decks · $0.30
Explore
5% of decks · $0.19
Regrowth
5% of decks · $0.49
Reach the Horizon
5% of decks · $0.31
Altar of Bhaal
5% of decks
Ashnod's Altar
5% of decks · $16.64
Vorpal Sword
5% of decks · $2.67
Executioner's Capsule
5% of decks · $0.29
Emerald Medallion
5% of decks · $5.75
Talisman of Resilience
5% of decks · $0.47
Survival of the Fittest
5% of decks
Seal of Doom
5% of decks · $0.43
Cemetery Tampering
5% of decks · $0.38
Crawling Infestation
5% of decks · $0.29
Insidious Roots
5% of decks · $1.67
Tortured Existence
5% of decks · $3.50
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
5% of decks
Ride the Shoopuf
5% of decks · $0.35
Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo
5% of decks
The Last Ronin
5% of decks · $0.62
Bloodline Bidding
5% of decks · $2.39
New Cards
Primal Witchstalker
67% of decks · $0.28
Simulacrum Shaper
67% of decks · $1.77
Winter, Tormented Loner
40% of decks · $0.19
Hapatra, the Desert Fang
33% of decks · $0.24
Pia, Aether Ascetic
33% of decks · $1.02
Creatures (50)
Wight of the Reliquary
42% of decks · $0.41
Colossal Grave-Reaver
40% of decks · $11.42
Stitcher's Supplier
39% of decks · $0.37
Summon: Titan
36% of decks · $1.54
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
36% of decks · $2.52
Skull Prophet
35% of decks · $0.85
Haywire Mite
35% of decks · $0.51
Ahriman
35% of decks · $0.22
Dark Matter Manipulator
33% of decks · $1.03
Lord of Extinction
32% of decks · $0.80
Birds of Paradise
32% of decks · $8.98
Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
32% of decks · $0.27
Accursed Marauder
32% of decks · $0.31
Spore Frog
30% of decks · $0.33
Satyr Wayfinder
30% of decks · $0.31
Sheoldred, Whispering One
30% of decks · $20.76
Town Greeter
30% of decks · $0.23
Nyx Weaver
29% of decks · $0.33
Fang, Fearless l'Cie
29% of decks · $0.29
Llanowar Elves
26% of decks · $0.31
Fiend Artisan
26% of decks · $5.34
Six
25% of decks · $5.58
Brawn
25% of decks · $0.45
Old Stickfingers
25% of decks · $0.36
Reclamation Sage
23% of decks · $0.33
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
23% of decks · $9.46
Viscera Seer
23% of decks · $0.49
Icetill Explorer
23% of decks · $22.74
Mole Man, Moloid Master
21% of decks · $1.21
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
21% of decks · $28.68
Malboro
21% of decks · $0.24
Deathrite Shaman
21% of decks · $9.08
Arcane Amphisbaena
20% of decks · $0.16
Hexhaven Invigorator
20% of decks · $28.34
Carnivorous Cultivator
20% of decks
Vraska, the Cutting Glare
20% of decks · $0.40
Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
20% of decks · $19.61
Proft, Sinister Mastermind
20% of decks · $0.20
Ghalta the Unstoppable
20% of decks · $0.43
Fleshbag Marauder
19% of decks · $0.28
Nighthowler
19% of decks · $0.33
Junji, the Midnight Sky
19% of decks · $0.94
Balamb T-Rexaur
18% of decks · $0.18
Souls of the Lost
18% of decks · $0.36
Wood Elves
18% of decks · $0.24
Golgari Grave-Troll
17% of decks · $2.48
Plaguecrafter
17% of decks · $0.39
Disciple of Freyalise
17% of decks
Elves of Deep Shadow
17% of decks · $5.23
Insidious Fungus
17% of decks · $0.65
Instants (42)
Grisly Salvage
34% of decks · $0.35
Supernatural Stamina
29% of decks · $0.21
Assassin's Trophy
29% of decks · $1.17
Fake Your Own Death
26% of decks · $0.24
Malakir Rebirth
25% of decks
Entomb
23% of decks · $18.32
Something Worth Saving
20% of decks · $0.19
Putrefy
18% of decks · $0.32
Feign Death
18% of decks · $0.78
Sephiroth's Intervention
18% of decks · $0.16
Dark Ritual
17% of decks · $7.28
Infuse with Vitality
17% of decks · $0.19
Beast Within
17% of decks · $0.65
Undying Malice
16% of decks · $0.38
Grapple with the Past
16% of decks · $0.30
Fight On!
14% of decks · $0.19
Vincent's Limit Break
13% of decks · $0.16
Heroic Intervention
12% of decks · $17.60
Harrow
12% of decks · $0.32
Blitzball Shot
12% of decks · $0.11
Vayne's Treachery
12% of decks · $0.11
Prishe's Wanderings
12% of decks · $0.22
Abrupt Decay
10% of decks · $2.62
Overwhelming Remorse
10% of decks · $0.24
Not Dead After All
9% of decks · $1.65
Revitalizing Repast
9% of decks
Tifa's Limit Break
9% of decks · $0.27
Deadly Dispute
8% of decks · $0.27
Airship Crash
8% of decks · $0.13
Fell the Profane
6% of decks
Crop Rotation
6% of decks · $3.83
Deathsprout
6% of decks · $0.37
Abnormal Endurance
6% of decks · $0.12
Galuf's Final Act
6% of decks · $0.20
Overkill
6% of decks · $0.32
Roiling Regrowth
5% of decks · $0.34
Murder
5% of decks · $0.20
Noxious Revival
5% of decks · $7.25
Return to Action
5% of decks · $0.25
Another Chance
5% of decks · $0.25
Corpse Churn
5% of decks · $0.10
Vampiric Tutor
5% of decks · $54.03
Sorceries (46)
Reanimate
36% of decks · $10.10
Rise of the Witch-king
35% of decks · $0.51
Rise of the Dark Realms
27% of decks · $6.73
Dread Return
23% of decks · $0.60
Breach the Multiverse
23% of decks · $11.45
Culling Ritual
22% of decks · $0.53
Rampant Growth
22% of decks · $1.28
Cultivate
22% of decks · $0.41
Three Visits
21% of decks · $5.55
Rewrite Regrets
20% of decks · $0.25
Overwrite the Multiverse
20% of decks · $1.50
Farseek
18% of decks · $0.46
Buried Alive
16% of decks · $3.55
Living Death
16% of decks · $6.29
Toxic Deluge
16% of decks · $5.02
Cast Away Doubt
14% of decks · $0.24
Nature's Lore
13% of decks · $2.23
Demonic Tutor
13% of decks · $69.17
Life from the Loam
13% of decks · $5.21
Evil Reawakened
13% of decks · $0.21
Agadeem's Awakening
12% of decks
Sign in Blood
10% of decks · $3.14
Resentful Revelation
10% of decks · $0.21
Unmarked Grave
9% of decks · $3.76
Bala Ged Recovery
9% of decks
Squirming Emergence
9% of decks · $0.31
The Final Days
9% of decks · $0.19
Rydia's Return
8% of decks · $0.21
Coiling Rebirth
8% of decks · $0.24
Eldritch Evolution
6% of decks · $4.18
Blasphemous Edict
6% of decks · $4.24
Stitch Together
6% of decks · $1.44
Cornered by Black Mages
6% of decks · $0.23
Unnatural Restoration
5% of decks · $1.34
Terror Tide
5% of decks · $0.37
Splendid Reclamation
5% of decks · $0.33
Finale of Eternity
5% of decks · $0.95
Feed the Swarm
5% of decks · $0.24
Natural Order
5% of decks · $35.42
Final Parting
5% of decks · $0.66
Badlands Revival
5% of decks · $0.21
Deadly Brew
5% of decks · $0.30
Explore
5% of decks · $0.19
Regrowth
5% of decks · $0.49
Reach the Horizon
5% of decks · $0.31
Bloodline Bidding
5% of decks · $2.39
Utility Artifacts (30)
Lich's Relic
33% of decks · $1.49
Cauldron of Essence
27% of decks · $2.94
The Darkness Crystal
19% of decks · $4.28
Altar of Dementia
18% of decks · $17.15
Hedge Shredder
18% of decks · $2.80
Conduit of Worlds
16% of decks · $1.12
Thrór's Map
15% of decks · $0.24
Birthing Pod
14% of decks · $12.12
Bonehoard
13% of decks · $0.85
Panharmonicon
12% of decks · $6.49
Crucible of Worlds
10% of decks · $33.00
Skullclamp
10% of decks · $5.18
Blackblade Reforged
10% of decks · $3.22
Phyrexian Altar
9% of decks · $53.98
Jet Medallion
9% of decks · $14.67
Phantom Train
9% of decks · $0.23
The Earth Crystal
9% of decks · $12.08
World Map
9% of decks · $0.27
Mesmeric Orb
8% of decks · $17.97
Wayfarer's Bauble
6% of decks · $5.61
Swiftfoot Boots
6% of decks
Lightning Greaves
6% of decks · $4.10
Black Mage's Rod
6% of decks · $0.25
Instant Ramen
6% of decks · $0.24
Doc Ock's Tentacles
6% of decks · $0.41
Altar of Bhaal
5% of decks
Ashnod's Altar
5% of decks · $16.64
Vorpal Sword
5% of decks · $2.67
Executioner's Capsule
5% of decks · $0.29
Emerald Medallion
5% of decks · $5.75
Mana Artifacts (8)
Sol Ring
60% of decks · $1.34
Arcane Signet
47% of decks · $0.49
Golgari Signet
17% of decks · $0.34
Blitzball
12% of decks · $0.22
Chromatic Lantern
6% of decks
Mind Stone
6% of decks
Ring of the Lucii
6% of decks · $0.30
Talisman of Resilience
5% of decks · $0.47
Enchantments (34)
Gardenize
33% of decks · $0.94
Ripples of Undeath
27% of decks · $8.68
Animate Dead
26% of decks · $7.45
Kaya's Ghostform
25% of decks · $1.71
Guardian Project
22% of decks · $15.41
Sylvan Library
21% of decks · $28.89
Out of the Tombs
16% of decks · $11.70
Deadbridge Chant
16% of decks · $0.60
Phyrexian Reclamation
14% of decks · $2.84
Moldervine Reclamation
14% of decks · $0.34
The Meathook Massacre
13% of decks · $24.81
Mortal Combat
12% of decks · $6.28
Avatar Destiny
11% of decks · $0.25
Journey to Eternity
10% of decks
Binding the Old Gods
9% of decks · $0.32
Deathreap Ritual
9% of decks · $0.36
Oversold Cemetery
9% of decks · $2.60
Quest for the Necropolis
8% of decks · $0.24
Font of Fertility
8% of decks · $0.38
Virtue of Persistence
8% of decks
Along the Crooked Way
8% of decks · $0.28
Minion's Return
6% of decks · $0.36
Fungal Fortitude
6% of decks · $0.26
Greater Good
6% of decks · $1.56
Survival of the Fittest
5% of decks
Seal of Doom
5% of decks · $0.43
Cemetery Tampering
5% of decks · $0.38
Crawling Infestation
5% of decks · $0.29
Insidious Roots
5% of decks · $1.67
Tortured Existence
5% of decks · $3.50
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
5% of decks
Ride the Shoopuf
5% of decks · $0.35
Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo
5% of decks
The Last Ronin
5% of decks · $0.62
Planeswalkers (3)
Garruk, Curse Breaker
7% of decks · $3.19
Garruk, Veiled Butcher
7% of decks · $1.97
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
6% of decks · $0.27
Utility Lands (29)
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
40% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
36% of decks
Boseiju, Who Endures
31% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
30% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
27% of decks
Dakmor Salvage
26% of decks
Bojuka Bog
23% of decks
Temple of the False God
21% of decks
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
17% of decks
Barren Moor
16% of decks
Adventurer's Inn
13% of decks
Midgar, City of Mako
13% of decks
Cabal Coffers
10% of decks
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
10% of decks
Kishla Village
9% of decks
Command Beacon
9% of decks
Reliquary Tower
9% of decks
Realm of Koh
9% of decks
Grim Backwoods
8% of decks
High Market
8% of decks
Karn's Bastion
8% of decks
Rogue's Passage
8% of decks
Mortuary Mire
6% of decks
Memorial to Folly
6% of decks
Shifting Woodland
6% of decks
Castle Locthwain
6% of decks
The Gold Saucer
6% of decks
Ancient Tomb
5% of decks
Slippery Karst
5% of decks
Lands (50)
Swamp
99% of decks
Forest
99% of decks
Command Tower
73% of decks
Woodland Cemetery
49% of decks
Overgrown Tomb
44% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
42% of decks
Undergrowth Stadium
42% of decks
Underground Mortuary
36% of decks
Evolving Wilds
36% of decks
Tainted Wood
32% of decks
Golgari Rot Farm
31% of decks
Deathcap Glade
31% of decks
Fabled Passage
30% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
27% of decks
Llanowar Wastes
27% of decks
Wastewood Verge
27% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
25% of decks
Exotic Orchard
23% of decks
Myriad Landscape
22% of decks
Temple of Malady
21% of decks
Haunted Mire
19% of decks
Bayou
19% of decks
Twilight Mire
19% of decks
Jungle Hollow
18% of decks
Necroblossom Snarl
18% of decks
Vernal Fen
17% of decks
Disciple of Freyalise
17% of decks
Gohn, Town of Ruin
17% of decks
Misty Rainforest
16% of decks
Windswept Heath
16% of decks
Path of Ancestry
16% of decks
Ash Barrens
13% of decks
Wooded Foothills
13% of decks
Woodland Chasm
13% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
12% of decks
Viridescent Bog
12% of decks
Marsh Flats
12% of decks
Polluted Delta
12% of decks
Capital City
12% of decks
Reflecting Pool
10% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
10% of decks
Turbulent Fen
10% of decks
Blighted Woodland
9% of decks
Prismatic Vista
9% of decks
Revitalizing Repast
9% of decks
Bala Ged Recovery
9% of decks
Darkbore Pathway
8% of decks
Demolition Field
8% of decks
Festering Thicket
8% of decks
Foggy Bottom Swamp
7% of decks
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