Art by Seb McKinnon · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$7.61
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
Force of Despair
{1}{B}{B} · Instant
If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.
Rulings (1)
Jun 14, 2019 · Force of Despair destroys all permanents that entered the battlefield this turn and are currently creatures. It doesn’t matter whether they were creatures as they entered the battlefield.
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype
% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=152 decks
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necrodominance | Modern | 100% | 2–4× | 56 |
| Mono Black Midrange | Modern | 100% | 3× | 2 |
| Dimir Midrange | Modern | 100% | 4× | 1 |
| Smallpox | Legacy | 90.9% | 1–2× | 11 |
| Golgari Scam | Modern | 90% | 1–3× | 20 |
| Mardu Blink | Modern | 75% | 2× | 4 |
| Esper Scam | Modern | 66.7% | 3× | 3 |
| Dimir Frog | Modern | 52.7% | 2× | 55 |
Price
Force of Despair — price trend
Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
$5.85▲ $0.10 since Jun 13, 2026
Jun 13, 2026 · $5.75Jun 14, 2026 · $5.85