---
name: "Force of Despair"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MH1"
set_name: "Modern Horizons"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "0f2d038e-6dab-4352-9ba7-ed9e063bb304"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/force-of-despair-mh1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Force of Despair
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of Wretched Sorrow](/printing/march-of-wretched-sorrow-neo.md) — Instant
2. [Spinning Darkness](/printing/spinning-darkness-wth.md) — Instant
3. [Induce Despair](/printing/induce-despair-roe.md) — Instant
4. [Sickening Shoal](/printing/sickening-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Exile into Darkness](/printing/exile-into-darkness-sok.md) — Sorcery
6. [Force of Vigor](/printing/force-of-vigor-mh1.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons (MH1) #92
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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