Theater of Horrors
Theater of Horrors: Enchantment, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black and red (BR)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 236
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 4,523 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Theater of Horrors
Theater of Horrors is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and red enchantment from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 236 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {1}{B}{R} (one generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is 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 5 sets, from Ravnica Allegiance (2019) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library.
During your turn, if an opponent lost life this turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this enchantment.
{3}{R}: This enchantment deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (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 Theater of Horrors 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 Theater of Horrors
Theater of Horrors has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #250 | Rare | 2022 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #194 | Rare | 2021 |
| Ravnica Allegiance Promos (PRNA) #213s | Rare | 2019 |
| Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #213 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Theater of Horrors, newest first.
- Theater of Horrors doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards during your turn. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
- Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
- Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
- In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life during your turn and then leaves the game, you can play cards exiled with Theater of Horrors.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Theater of Horrors is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.