Promise of Power
Sorcery
Choose one —
• You draw five cards and you lose 5 life.
• Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Entwine 
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
- Set
- Mirrodin (MRD #74)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2003-10-02
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- EDHREC rank
- #12,698
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2004-10-04
The power/toughness of the token is set when this spell resolves.
- 2004-12-01
If you pay the entwine cost, you draw five cards, then lose five life, then put the Demon token onto the battlefield. The five cards you draw count toward the Demon’s power and toughness.
- 2004-12-01
The power and toughness of the Demon token are set when Promise of Power resolves. They’re unaffected if the number of cards in your hand changes later.