Curse of Misfortunes
Curse of Misfortunes: Enchantment - Aura Curse, Dark Ascension. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Enchantment - Aura Curse
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Dark Ascension (DKA)
- Released
- 2012-02-03
- Collector number
- 56
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Commander rank
- 9,306 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Enchant
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About Curse of Misfortunes
Curse of Misfortunes is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Dark Ascension (DKA), an expansion set released in February 2012. It is collector number 56 in that set, with art by Terese Nielsen. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. Dark Ascension is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.99 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Enchant player
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a Curse card that doesn't have the same name as a Curse attached to enchanted player, put it onto the battlefield attached to that player, then shuffle.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.99 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Curse of Misfortunes by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Curse of Misfortunes.
- The Curse card you put onto the battlefield must have a different name than each other Curse enchanting the enchanted player when the triggered ability resolves. If multiple of these abilities trigger, the Curse card you put onto the battlefield when the first resolves may impact your choices for each subsequent one.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Curse of Misfortunes.