Gloom

Mana cost: {2}{B}
Type: Enchantment
Set: Fourth Edition #139 (uncommon)
Price: $0.39 USD

White spells cost {3} more to cast.
Activated abilities of white enchantments cost {3} more to activate.

Gloom has 14 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #25,037 among Commander cards. It appears most in Irini Sengir decks (34 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: not legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Commanders that run Gloom most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Irini Sengir: 34 decks
Ihsan's Shade: 19 decks
Ascendant Evincar: 10 decks
Zhang He, Wei General: 2 decks

Often played with Gloom

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2004-10-04: The extra mana is not considered part of the activation cost. It is a separate cost.
2004-10-04: The extra mana is part of the total cost, so cost reducers can be applied to this cost.
2004-10-04: The additional mana is paid at the same time the spell/ability is cast/activated.
2016-06-08: Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

Gloom

Legality

Commanders that run Gloom most

Often played with Gloom

Rulings

Printings