---
name: "Darkness"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Harold McNeill"
oracle_id: "932708ae-9d5c-4561-aa8b-0d2222d37fdc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/darkness-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Darkness
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fog](/printing/fog-m13.md) — Instant
2. [Azorius Ploy](/printing/azorius-ploy-dis.md) — Instant
3. [Serene Sunset](/printing/serene-sunset-jud.md) — Instant
4. [Statecraft](/printing/statecraft-mmq.md) — Enchantment
5. [Warning](/printing/warning-me2.md) — Instant
6. [Defend the Hearth](/printing/defend-the-hearth-ths.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #94
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Harold McNeill
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`