---
name: "Touch of Darkness"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "73648693-c67f-454b-83e2-1d1787437a2a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/touch-of-darkness-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Touch of Darkness
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
One or more target creatures become black until end of turn.

> *"Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray,/
Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may."
—Thomas Middleton, The Witch*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deathlace](/printing/deathlace-ced.md) — Instant
2. [Nightcreep](/printing/nightcreep-dis.md) — Instant
3. [Darkest Hour](/printing/darkest-hour-usg.md) — Enchantment
4. [Shade's Breath](/printing/shades-breath-ons.md) — Instant
5. [Grasp of Darkness](/printing/grasp-of-darkness-m21.md) — Instant
6. [Singe](/printing/singe-pls.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #122
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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