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Magic: The GatheringThe Dark#100

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Magic: The Gathering

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The DarkDRK · #100

Card type: Artifact
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 6.83 € · 9.68 $
Mana value: 0
Colour: Colourless

Card text

, Sacrifice this artifact: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent half that damage, rounded down.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
OldschoolLegal
PredhLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Mark Tedin
Card language: English
Release date: 1994-08-01

Flavour text

"I was struck senseless for a moment, but revived when the strange curiosity I carried fell to the ground, screaming like a dying animal." —Barl, Lord Ith

Rulings

2013-04-15

If two or more of these effects would apply, you apply them sequentially. So if the source would deal 5 damage after two of these abilities have resolved, the first one prevents 2 damage, reducing it to 3 damage, then the second one prevents a further 1 damage, reducing the total damage dealt to 2.