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◇ Catalog #96s

The Darkness Crystal

pfin·#96s·rare·foil

Illus. Pablo Mendoza

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Jun '25

1 yr ago

Value

$10.88+$1 (+6.9%)

30 days high $9.88 · low $9.24

Volatility · moderate

USD$9.88EUR€5.70

NM$9.88

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$9.06–$10

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $9.88low $5.72range 72.7%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,408 · Common include

Variants

Foil$9.88

Gameplay

Legendary Artifact

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.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2025-06-06wotc

If The Darkness Crystal leaves the battlefield at the same time as one or more nontoken creatures an opponent controls would die, those creature cards will be exiled and you'll gain 2 life for each of them.

2025-06-06wotc

If a creature token an opponent controls dies, it goes to that player's graveyard as normal before ceasing to exist.

2025-06-06wotc

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Darkness Crystal's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $9.88, up from $9.24 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $5.72 and $9.88 across 45 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PFIN — the lineup includes Foil 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 #96s of *Final Fantasy Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the June 2025 Final Fantasy release.

Card type: Legendary Artifact, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,408 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Pablo Mendoza. Rarix catalogs 75 other cards credited to this artist.