Cover of Darkness
Cover of Darkness: Enchantment, Onslaught. As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type have fear. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Onslaught (ONS)
- Released
- 2002-10-07
- Collector number
- 133
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Commander rank
- 1,457 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Cover of Darkness
Cover of Darkness is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Onslaught (ONS), an expansion set released in October 2002. It is collector number 133 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Onslaught (2002) to Assassin's Creed (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $16.53 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $16.53 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Cover of Darkness by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Cover of Darkness
Cover of Darkness has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #163 | Rare | 2024 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #201 | Rare | 2024 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #89 | Rare | 2024 |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #D37 | Rare | 2005 |
Similar cards
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