---
name: "Black Market"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "C17"
set_name: "Commander 2017"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff Easley"
oracle_id: "21338b71-37f5-4121-9b84-565025ebcd17"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/black-market-c17"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Black Market
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on this enchantment.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lawless Broker](/printing/lawless-broker-kld.md) — Creature — Aetherborn Rogue
2. [Open the Graves](/printing/open-the-graves-scd.md) — Enchantment
3. [Death's Presence](/printing/deaths-presence-40k.md) — Enchantment
4. [Grave Betrayal](/printing/grave-betrayal-rtr.md) — Enchantment
5. [Marketback Walker](/printing/marketback-walker-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Gray Merchant of Asphodel](/printing/gray-merchant-of-asphodel-dsc.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2017 (C17) #98
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff Easley
- **Total Printings:** 49 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`