---
name: "Spinning Darkness"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Coulthart"
oracle_id: "69eeee95-cc69-41d1-833b-8895ef72df82"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spinning-darkness-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spinning Darkness
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of Wretched Sorrow](/printing/march-of-wretched-sorrow-neo.md) — Instant
2. [Soul Spike](/printing/soul-spike-csp.md) — Instant
3. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant
4. [Dark Offering](/printing/dark-offering-s99.md) — Sorcery
5. [The Darkness Crystal](/printing/the-darkness-crystal-fin.md) — Legendary Artifact
6. [Force of Despair](/printing/force-of-despair-mh1.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #81
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Coulthart
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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