---
name: "Dark Deal"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "873"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "c527eb80-ccac-40b8-8377-c31121613128"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-deal-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dark Deal
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards minus one.

> *Dungeon Master's Guide, *Revised 5th Edition, cover art sketch (2024)**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ill-Gotten Gains](/printing/ill-gotten-gains-usg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Bad Deal](/printing/bad-deal-m21.md) — Sorcery
3. [Wheel and Deal](/printing/wheel-and-deal-prm.md) — Instant
4. [Delirium Skeins](/printing/delirium-skeins-dis.md) — Sorcery
5. [Windfall](/printing/windfall-cm2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Wheel of Fortune](/printing/wheel-of-fortune-vma.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #873
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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