Dark Petition is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add.
Complete guide
Dark Petition is a powerful tutor that rewards players for filling their graveyard with magic. By harnessing the spell mastery mechanic, it can effectively become a free spell while finding the exact answer you need from your library.
Finding Your Winning Piece
When you cast Dark Petition, the primary effect is to search your library for any card and put it into your hand. Because it doesn't reveal the card, your opponent won't know what you've found until you play it. After searching, you must shuffle your library regardless of whether you found a card or not.
Mastering the Spell
The 'Spell mastery' keyword checks your graveyard for at least two instant and/or sorcery cards. Since Dark Petition is still on the stack while it is resolving, it does not count itself toward this total. If you have the required two cards, you immediately add three black mana to your mana pool. This mana carries over between steps of the spell's resolution, allowing you to cast your new card immediately if it is your main phase.
Timing and Sequence
The sequence of resolution is fixed: first you search and shuffle, then you check for spell mastery. You cannot use the added mana to pay for Dark Petition itself because the mana is added at the end of the spell's resolution. If you have two sorceries in your graveyard, the spell effectively costs only two mana total, but you still need the full five mana to cast it initially.
Interaction examples
DamnationIf you have two sorceries already in your graveyard, you cast Dark Petition. You search your library for Damnation and put it into your hand. Because spell mastery is active, you add {B}{B}{B}. You can then use those three black mana plus one additional mana from a land to cast Damnation immediately and clear the board.
Living DeathWith a graveyard containing two instant cards, you cast Dark Petition. Even if you discard Living Death later, the check happens only during resolution. You search for Living Death and add {B}{B}{B}. This mana covers the majority of the cost for Living Death, allowing you to swap your graveyard and battlefield in a single turn for a massive swing.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Dark Petition
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Check to see if there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard as the spell resolves to determine whether the spell mastery ability applies. The spell itself won’t count because it’s still on the stack as you make this check.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Patron of the Moon + Uyo, Silent Prophet + Dark Petition
- 1Cast Dark Petition by paying
. - 2Holding priority, activate Uyo by paying
and returning two lands to your hand from the battlefield, copying Dark Petition. - 3Resolve the copy of Dark Petition, causing you to search your library for a card, put it into your hand and add .
- 4Activate Patron of the Moon by paying
, putting two lands onto the battlefield tapped from your hand. - 5Repeat from step 2.
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