Crackling Doom
Crackling Doom: Instant, Double Masters 2022. Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}{W}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White, black and red (WBR)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 196
- Artist
- Yohann Schepacz
- Commander rank
- 2,110 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Crackling Doom
Crackling Doom is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white, black and red instant from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 196 in that set, with art by Yohann Schepacz. It costs {R}{W}{B} (one white, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white, black and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Khans of Tarkir (2014) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
Do not fear the lightning. Fear the one it obeys.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Crackling Doom by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Crackling Doom
Crackling Doom has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #322 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Commander 2020 (C20) #205 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #167 | Rare | 2017 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #191 | Rare | 2016 |
| Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #171 | Rare | 2014 |
| Khans of Tarkir Promos (PKTK) #171s | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Crackling Doom, newest first.
- Crackling Doom doesn't target any player or creature. For example, a creature with protection from black could be sacrificed.
- If a player controls two or more creatures tied for the greatest power among creatures they control, that player chooses one of them to sacrifice.
- In a multiplayer game, each opponent, starting with the active player and proceeding in turn order, chooses which creature they will sacrifice and then all creatures are sacrificed at the same time. Each successive player will know what the players before them chose to sacrifice.
- The sacrifice is not dependent on the damage being dealt. It doesn't matter if that damage is prevented or redirected.
In these precons
Crackling Doom is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.