Repel the Darkness
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Rise of the EldraziROE · #42
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.35 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.36 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Tap up to two target creatures. Draw a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Scott Chou
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-04-23
Flavour text
A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it.
Rulings
If you target one creature and that target is illegal as Repel the Darkness resolves, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't draw a card.
If you target two creatures and they're both illegal as Repel the Darkness resolves, the spell doesn't resolve; you don't draw a card. If just one target is illegal, the spell does resolve; the remaining legal target becomes tapped (if it's untapped at that time) and you draw a card.
If you target zero creatures, all that happens is you draw a card.
You may target zero, one, or two creatures. The creatures don't need to be untapped.
