---
name: "Soot Imp"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Imp"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "DVD"
set_name: "Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "c867e31a-90ea-4d20-80db-3977ec68b16b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soot-imp-dvd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Soot Imp
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Imp
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever a player casts a nonblack spell, that player loses 1 life.

> *"If one gets in your chimney, you're going to need a long wick and a barrel of bangstuff to get it out."
—Hob Heddil*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cackling Imp](/printing/cackling-imp-dvd.md) — Creature — Imp
2. [Foul Imp](/printing/foul-imp-dvd.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Smolder Initiate](/printing/smolder-initiate-shm.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
4. [Ebon Drake](/printing/ebon-drake-5dn.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Pit Imp](/printing/pit-imp-tmp.md) — Creature — Imp
6. [Tethered Skirge](/printing/tethered-skirge-ulg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic (DVD) #37
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`