---
name: "Xande, Dark Mage"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "FIN"
set_name: "Final Fantasy"
collector_number: "561"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joseph Weston"
oracle_id: "36b5c793-30f6-4f21-8bf6-c18d1c46d732"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/xande-dark-mage-fin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Xande, Dark Mage
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Xande gets +1/+1 for each noncreature, nonland card in your graveyard.

> *「もう闇はそこまで来ている。手遅れだったようだな！」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Goblin Dark-Dwellers](/printing/goblin-dark-dwellers-c20.md) — Creature — Goblin
2. [Knight of Dusk's Shadow](/printing/knight-of-dusks-shadow-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Unforgiving One](/printing/unforgiving-one-neo.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Underdark Explorer](/printing/underdark-explorer-clb.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior
5. [Glamorous Grapplers](/printing/glamorous-grapplers-msc.md) — Creature — Human Performer Villain
6. [Grim Draugr](/printing/grim-draugr-khm.md) — Snow Creature — Zombie Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy (FIN) #561
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joseph Weston
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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