MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #74

Promise of Power

mrd·#74·rare·foil

Illus. Kev Walker

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Oct '03

23 yr ago

Value

$9.93+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $9.24 · low $8.42

NM$8.93

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$8.25–$9.43modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $8.94low $0.02range 44600.0%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,237 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$8.93

Nonfoil$0.66

Gameplay

Sorcery

Choose one — • You draw five cards and you lose 5 life. • Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the number of cards in your hand. Entwine {4} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2004-12-01wotc

The power and toughness of the Demon token are set when Promise of Power resolves. They’re unaffected if the number of cards in your hand changes later.

2004-12-01wotc

If you pay the entwine cost, you draw five cards, then lose five life, then put the Demon token onto the battlefield. The five cards you draw count toward the Demon’s power and toughness.

2004-10-04wotc

The power/toughness of the token is set when this spell resolves.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $8.93. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $8.94 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MRD — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #74 of *Mirrodin*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2003 Mirrodin release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Entwine.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,237 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kev Walker. Rarix catalogs 1,917 other cards credited to this artist.