Dread Presence
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Jumpstart 2022J22 · #403
- Card type
- Creature — Nightmare
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.59 € · 4.46 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one — • You draw a card and you lose 1 life. • This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Anthony Palumbo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-12-02
Flavour text
It beckons silently, waiting in the darkness.
Rulings
A Swamp is a land with the subtype Swamp, not any land with a mana ability that produces black mana.
If you choose the second mode and the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Dread Presence's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. You won't gain 2 life, and the ability won't change to the first mode.
