Tendrils of Agony
Tendrils of Agony: Sorcery, Mystery Booster 2. Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Storm. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 50
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
- Commander rank
- 5,569 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Tendrils of Agony
Tendrils of Agony is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 50 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It is banned in Premodern. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Scourge (2003) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (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 Tendrils of Agony by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Banned |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Tendrils of Agony
Tendrils of Agony has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal Weekend (PEWK) #2025a | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2004 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2023 | Rare | 2025 |
| Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #34 | Rare | 2021 |
| Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #97 | Rare | 2021 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #142 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #31433 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Friday Night Magic 2008 (F08) #4 | Rare | 2008 |
| Scourge (SCG) #75 | Uncommon | 2003 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Tendrils of Agony, newest first.
- The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
- The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
- Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
- You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
- A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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