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Spinning Darkness

WTH · Weatherlight #81 · Common · released 1997-06-09

{4}{B}{B}
Instant
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.

Spinning Darkness is a common black instant from Weatherlight (1997). Its recent market price is about $0.67. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper and Oathbreaker.

USD$0.77
IllustratorJohn Coulthart
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
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Format legality

Where you can play Spinning Darkness in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings

Prices range from $0.67 to $0.67 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Weatherlight at $0.67.

SetNo.RarityPriceFoil
Weatherlight This page81Common$0.67—

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Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (5).

  • 2008-04-01The “top” card of your graveyard is the card that was put there most recently.
  • 2008-04-01Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards. This is a little-known rule because new cards that care about graveyard order haven’t been printed in years.
  • 2008-04-01If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.
  • 2008-04-01The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it’s put into its owner’s graveyard. —Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.
  • 2008-04-01Say you’re the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that’s attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma’s Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they’re put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it’s put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.

Frequently asked questions

Is Spinning Darkness legal in Commander?
Yes — Spinning Darkness is legal in Commander (EDH).
What formats is Spinning Darkness legal in?
Spinning Darkness is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper and Oathbreaker.
How many times has Spinning Darkness been printed?
Spinning Darkness has a single printing, released in 1997.
What is the cheapest printing of Spinning Darkness?
The cheapest printing is Weatherlight (#81) at about $0.67.
Who illustrated Spinning Darkness?
This printing of Spinning Darkness was illustrated by John Coulthart.