---
name: "Dark Petition"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Spell mastery"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2525"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Miguel Mercado"
oracle_id: "79acdb37-8d52-4bc8-a7be-a7e92b6166e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-petition-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dark Petition
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Spell mastery

## Oracle Text
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add {B}{B}{B}.

> *The show must go on! Though some of the audience and several performers might not.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nissa's Pilgrimage](/printing/nissas-pilgrimage-pio.md) — Sorcery
2. [Exquisite Firecraft](/printing/exquisite-firecraft-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Calculated Dismissal](/printing/calculated-dismissal-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Gideon's Phalanx](/printing/gideons-phalanx-ori.md) — Instant
5. [Necromantic Summons](/printing/necromantic-summons-ori.md) — Sorcery
6. [Fiery Impulse](/printing/fiery-impulse-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2525
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Miguel Mercado
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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