---
name: "Dark Triumph"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Adam Rex"
oracle_id: "885630a8-c43b-4804-acd6-14a7c7321d73"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-triumph-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dark Triumph
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If you control a Swamp, you may sacrifice a creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rouse](/printing/rouse-mmq.md) — Instant
2. [Mind Swords](/printing/mind-swords-nem.md) — Sorcery
3. [Snuff Out](/printing/snuff-out-mmq.md) — Instant
4. [Defile](/printing/defile-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Dread Presence](/printing/dread-presence-m20.md) — Creature — Nightmare
6. [Nighthaze](/printing/nighthaze-roe.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #55
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Adam Rex
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`