Despondency
Despondency: Enchantment - Aura, Urza's Saga. Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-0. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment - Aura
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Urza's Saga (USG)
- Released
- 1998-10-12
- Collector number
- 129
- Artist
- D. Alexander Gregory
- Keywords
- Enchant
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About Despondency
Despondency is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black enchantment from Urza's Saga (USG), an expansion set released in October 1998. It is collector number 129 in that set, with art by D. Alexander Gregory. 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 Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Urza's Saga (1998) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-0.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Despondency by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Despondency
Despondency has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #USG-129 | Common | 2024 |
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