Promise of Power
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirrodinMRD · #74
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.40 € · ★ 2.40 € · 0.57 $ · ★ 3.73 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
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 (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Kev Walker
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2003-10-02
Rulings
The power/toughness of the token is set when this spell resolves.
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.
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.
