Rain of Daggers
Rain of Daggers: Sorcery, Portal Second Age. Destroy all creatures target opponent controls. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Portal Second Age (P02)
- Released
- 1998-06-24
- Collector number
- 85
- Artist
- Melissa A. Benson
- Commander rank
- 24,504 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Rain of Daggers
Rain of Daggers is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Portal Second Age (P02), a starter set released in June 1998. It is collector number 85 in that set, with art by Melissa A. Benson. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Portal Second Age (1998) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Destroy all creatures target opponent controls. You lose 2 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Knives in the sky, cries in the air, and blood on the ground.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.75 (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 Rain of Daggers by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Rain of Daggers
Rain of Daggers has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #186 | Rare | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #P02-85 | Rare | 2023 |
| Masters Edition IV (ME4) #94 | Rare | 2011 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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