---
name: "Promise of Power"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Entwine"]
set: "DDC"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "fde459b2-f45f-40d2-b328-58f65440f494"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/promise-of-power-ddc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Promise of Power
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Entwine

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• You draw five cards and you lose 5 life.
• Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Entwine {4} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Circle of Power](/printing/circle-of-power-fin.md) — Sorcery
2. [Welcome the Darkness](/printing/welcome-the-darkness-ydsk.md) — Instant
3. [Demonic Pact](/printing/demonic-pact-fdn.md) — Enchantment
4. [Damnable Pact](/printing/damnable-pact-c17.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gruesome Realization](/printing/gruesome-realization-bro.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath](/printing/ob-nixilis-of-the-black-oath-cmm.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic (DDC) #54
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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