The Darkness Crystal

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The Darkness Crystal

{2}

{B}

{B}

Legendary Artifact

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.

{4} {B} {B} , {T} : Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.

Set: Final Fantasy (FIN #96)
Rarity: Rare
Mana value: 4
Released: 2025-06-13
Artist: Pablo Mendoza
EDHREC rank: #1,220
Colour identity
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.66

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 22

Oathsworn Vampire+Phyrexian Altar+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

246 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Chthonian Nightmare+Greedy Freebooter+Shambling Ghast+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite energy countersInfinite scry 1Infinite storm count

198 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+Pontiff of Blight+Mourning+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

Near-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite lifelossNear-infinite storm count

7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Chthonian Nightmare+Patron of the Arts+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite energy countersInfinite storm count

2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Blasting Station+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Altar of Dementia+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-millInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Grimgrin, Corpse-Born+The Darkness Crystal

{U}

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Woe Strider+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1Infinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Bloodthrone Vampire+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely large creature until end of turn

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+The Darkness Crystal+Phantom Train

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Shilgengar, Sire of Famine+The Darkness Crystal

{R}

{W}

{B}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite artifact tokensInfinite Blood tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Carrion Feeder+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Umbral Collar Zealot+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm countInfinite surveil

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+The Darkness Crystal+Hammerhead, Maggia Boss

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Bloodflow Connoisseur+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Viscera Seer+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1Infinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Goblin Bombardment+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Haakon, Stromgald Scourge+Morophon, the Boundless+Nameless Inversion+The Darkness Crystal

{W}

{U}

{B}

{R}

{G}

Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0Reduce the toughness of each creature opponents control to 0 upon entering

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Bartolomé del Presidio+The Darkness Crystal

{R}

{W}

{B}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Rakdos, the Muscle+Priest of Gix+Haunted Crossroads+Spawning Pit+The Darkness Crystal

{B}

{R}

Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until your next end stepInfinite charge counters on a permanentInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count

0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 22 combos.

Format legality

Standard Legal

Pioneer Legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Legal

Penny Legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2025-06-06
If The Darkness Crystal leaves the battlefield at the same time as one or more nontoken creatures an opponent controls would die, those creature cards will be exiled and you'll gain 2 life for each of them.
2025-06-06
If a creature token an opponent controls dies, it goes to that player's graveyard as normal before ceasing to exist.
2025-06-06
The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the total cost of black spells you cast.
2025-06-06
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Darkness Crystal's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
2025-06-06
While you control The Darkness Crystal, abilities that trigger whenever a nontoken creature an opponent control dies won't trigger because that card is exiled instead.

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