---
name: "Plunge into Darkness"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Entwine"]
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justin Sweet"
oracle_id: "07a39452-f9d5-41ba-acbc-fc5e7f698f64"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plunge-into-darkness-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Plunge into Darkness
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Entwine

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Sacrifice any number of creatures. You gain 3 life for each creature sacrificed this way.
• Pay any amount of life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and exile the rest.
Entwine {B} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spinning Darkness](/printing/spinning-darkness-wth.md) — Instant
2. [Plumb the Forbidden](/printing/plumb-the-forbidden-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Promise of Power](/printing/promise-of-power-ddc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Betrayal of Flesh](/printing/betrayal-of-flesh-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Costly Plunder](/printing/costly-plunder-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Exile into Darkness](/printing/exile-into-darkness-sok.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #57
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justin Sweet
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`