Promise of Power
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Mirrodin #74 (rare)
- Price
- $0.59 USD
Choose one —
• You draw five cards and you lose 5 life.
• Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Entwine {4} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Promise of Power has 5 printings, first in Mirrodin (2003). EDHREC ranks it #13,008 among Commander cards. It appears most in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth decks (1,028 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Promise of Power
- Sworn to Darkness - Commander 2014, led by Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Commanders that run Promise of Power most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 1,028 decks
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath: 246 decks
- Baron Helmut Zemo: 176 decks
- Selenia, Dark Angel: 93 decks
- Kagemaro, First to Suffer: 84 decks
- Vilis, Broker of Blood: 63 decks
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief: 49 decks
- Cecily, Haunted Mage: 39 decks
Often played with Promise of Power
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The power/toughness of the token is set when this spell resolves.
- : The power and toughness of the Demon token are set when Promise of Power resolves. They’re unaffected if the number of cards in your hand changes later.
- : If you pay the entwine cost, you draw five cards, then lose five life, then put the Demon token onto the battlefield. The five cards you draw count toward the Demon’s power and toughness.