---
name: "Dark Bargain"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "2f872417-3dbe-40ec-ac91-e3132c0b7514"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-bargain-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dark Bargain
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Dark Bargain deals 2 damage to you.

> *「その密猟者が扱っているのは怪物の体じゃない。神話だ。人々は物語の一部となるために金を払うんだ。」
――疫病をもたらす者、ケルシン*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Demonic Bargain](/printing/demonic-bargain-pvow.md) — Sorcery
2. [Rowan's Grim Search](/printing/rowans-grim-search-woe.md) — Instant
3. [Rakshasa's Bargain](/printing/rakshasas-bargain-tdm.md) — Instant
4. [Moonlight Bargain](/printing/moonlight-bargain-c18.md) — Instant
5. [Cruel Bargain](/printing/cruel-bargain-vma.md) — Sorcery
6. [A-Demon's Due](/printing/a-demons-due-snc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #82
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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