Spinning Darkness
WTHWeatherlight/#81/1997Common
Colour IDMV 6
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.79
Cardmarket€1.95
TCGplayer$0.63
ManaPool$0.15
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.08
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$6.96 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.79High $1.49Low $0.79▼ 20.2%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.63TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▼ 7.3%30d▼ 6.0%90d▼ 30.8%
90d high
$0.91
90d low
$0.63
Paper printings priced
1
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.63
Weatherlight
- Down 6.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 31% below its 90 day high of $0.91.
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Gameplay and rules
Instant
You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.
Card capabilities
InstantLife gain
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Rulings (5)
wotc1 Apr 2008
The “top” card of your graveyard is the card that was put there most recently.
wotc1 Apr 2008
Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards. This is a little-known rule because new cards that care about graveyard order haven’t been printed in years.
wotc1 Apr 2008
The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it’s put into its owner’s graveyard. —Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.
wotc1 Apr 2008
Say you’re the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that’s attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma’s Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they’re put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it’s put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.
wotc1 Apr 2008
If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.
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About this card
Spinning Darkness
Spinning Darkness is an Instant, with mana cost {4}{B}{B} (mana value 6).
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.63 (down 6.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Spinning Darkness FAQ
How much is Spinning Darkness worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Spinning Darkness is $0.63. It is down 6.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.63 to $0.91.
What is the cheapest printing of Spinning Darkness?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Weatherlight at $0.63 on TCGplayer.
What set was Spinning Darkness first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from WTH #81, released 1997-06-09.
Is Spinning Darkness legal in Commander?
Yes, Spinning Darkness is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Spinning Darkness legal in Modern?
Spinning Darkness is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Spinning Darkness legal in Standard?
Spinning Darkness is not currently legal in Standard per Scryfall's legality feed.
What does Spinning Darkness do?
Spinning Darkness is an Instant with mana cost {4}{B}{B}. Its Oracle text reads: "You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.".