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◇ Catalog #1936

Force of Despair

sld·#1936·rare·borderless

Illus. Tyler Walpole

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '25

1 yr ago

Value

$8.15+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $8.43 · low $7.68

NM$8.15

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$7.53–$8.60modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $8.15low $5.98range 36.3%n 45

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,416 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$8.15

Gameplay

Instant

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 1

2019-06-14wotc

Force of Despair destroys all permanents that entered the battlefield this turn and are currently creatures. It doesn’t matter whether they were creatures as they entered the battlefield.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $8.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $5.98 and $8.15 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #1936 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,416 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tyler Walpole. Rarix catalogs 241 other cards credited to this artist.