---
name: "Dark Withering"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "101"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Wayne Reynolds"
oracle_id: "ac2720d2-b010-4fa9-8c94-b13680b75aac"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-withering-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dark Withering
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Terminal Agony](/printing/terminal-agony-mh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Murderous Compulsion](/printing/murderous-compulsion-c19.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dark Banishing](/printing/dark-banishing-ptc.md) — Instant
4. [Call to the Netherworld](/printing/call-to-the-netherworld-c19.md) — Sorcery
5. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant
6. [Kill! Destroy!](/printing/kill-destroy-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #101
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Wayne Reynolds
- **Total Printings:** 44 across all historical editions

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