---
name: "Darkest Hour"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "5667376e-e59c-4b17-b096-5d92cdfe3db1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/darkest-hour-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Darkest Hour
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
All creatures are black.

> *"Yawgmoth spent eons wrapping Phyrexians in human skin. They are the sleeper agents, and they are everywhere."
—Xantcha, to Urza*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Touch of Darkness](/printing/touch-of-darkness-leg.md) — Instant
2. [Nightcreep](/printing/nightcreep-dis.md) — Instant
3. [Night of Souls' Betrayal](/printing/night-of-souls-betrayal-ha6.md) — Legendary Enchantment
4. [Deathlace](/printing/deathlace-ced.md) — Instant
5. [Festergloom](/printing/festergloom-cn2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #128
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 20 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`