Dread Presence
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Nightmare
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- Core Set 2020 #96 (rare)
- Price
- $3.34 USD
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Dread Presence has 4 printings, first in Core Set 2020 (2019). EDHREC ranks it #2,622 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sheoldred, the Apocalypse decks (4,289 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Dread Presence most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: 4,289 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 4,261 decks
- Umbris, Fear Manifest: 3,260 decks
- Massacre Girl, Known Killer: 2,789 decks
- Maha, Its Feathers Night: 1,940 decks
- Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival: 1,925 decks
- Phage the Untouchable: 1,844 decks
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose: 1,648 decks
Often played with Dread Presence
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : A Swamp is a land with the subtype Swamp, not any land with a mana ability that produces black mana.
- : If you choose the second mode and the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Dread Presence's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. You won't gain 2 life, and the ability won't change to the first mode.