---
name: "Dark Dabbling"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Heal", "Regenerate", "Spell mastery"]
set: "ORI"
set_name: "Magic Origins"
collector_number: "89"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bastien L. Deharme"
oracle_id: "342daae1-f7f0-4bce-94bc-e9bdce53e48e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-dabbling-ori"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dark Dabbling
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Heal, Regenerate, Spell mastery

## Oracle Text
Regenerate target creature. Draw a card. (The next time the creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, also regenerate each other creature you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Refresh](/printing/refresh-ody.md) — Instant
2. [Regenerate](/printing/regenerate-m10.md) — Instant
3. [Mending Touch](/printing/mending-touch-dgm.md) — Instant
4. [Drudge Skeletons](/printing/drudge-skeletons-9ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
5. [Darkling Stalker](/printing/darkling-stalker-tmp.md) — Creature — Shade Spirit
6. [Death Ward](/printing/death-ward-5ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Origins (ORI) #89
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bastien L. Deharme
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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