---
name: "The Darkness Crystal"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "FIN"
set_name: "Final Fantasy"
collector_number: "335"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kei Satsuki"
oracle_id: "660f370a-b25b-4ea5-b765-7abf96899c1c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-darkness-crystal-fin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Darkness Crystal
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact

## Oracle Text
Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.
{4}{B}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spinning Darkness](/printing/spinning-darkness-wth.md) — Instant
2. [Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal](/printing/chaos-shrines-black-crystal-fic.md) — Legendary Artifact
3. [Bontu's Monument](/printing/bontus-monument-dmc.md) — Legendary Artifact
4. [Black Sun's Twilight](/printing/black-suns-twilight-pone.md) — Instant
5. [Drag to the Underworld](/printing/drag-to-the-underworld-thb.md) — Instant
6. [March of Wretched Sorrow](/printing/march-of-wretched-sorrow-neo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy (FIN) #335
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kei Satsuki
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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