---
name: "Dark Sphere"
mana_cost: "{0}"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DRK"
set_name: "The Dark"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "397f53f7-f801-4442-a778-2f26ac246b62"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-sphere-drk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dark Sphere
- **Mana Cost:** `{0}` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent half that damage, rounded down.

> *"I was struck senseless for a moment, but revived when the strange curiosity I carried fell to the ground, screaming like a dying animal."
—Barl, Lord Ith*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Protective Sphere](/printing/protective-sphere-inv.md) — Enchantment
2. [Shield of the Ages](/printing/shield-of-the-ages-ice.md) — Artifact
3. [Pentagram of the Ages](/printing/pentagram-of-the-ages-me4.md) — Artifact
4. [Sphere of Purity](/printing/sphere-of-purity-mrd.md) — Enchantment
5. [Circle of Protection: Artifacts](/printing/circle-of-protection-artifacts-atq.md) — Enchantment
6. [Circle of Despair](/printing/circle-of-despair-mir.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Dark (DRK) #100
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 2 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`