Dark Temper
Instant
CONConflux#61common
Foil
When you've got the temperament of a dragon, every argument is one you'll win.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 444
- Illustrator
- Jaime Jones
- Found in
- Conflux Intro Pack Jund Appetite for War · Conflux MTGO Redemption · 4 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Dark Temper deals 2 damage to target creature. If you control a black permanent, destroy the creature instead.
Plays as: Burn
Market · per finishspark updated 16h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.03
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil-48.3%
$0.15
$0.10 low$0.02 gap
Finish
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Nonfoil
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H $0.17L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
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$0.15as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.69L $0.09since Feb 2024$0.10
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Cheapest playable copy$0.03· across 1 printing
Rulings
2 · latest Feb 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
- WotCFeb 1, 2009
Dark Temper has a self-replacement effect, which applies before other prevention or replacement effects would. If you control a black permanent as Dark Temper resolves, it doesn’t deal damage at all (so damage prevention or redirection effects would have no effect); it simply destroys the targeted creature.
- WotCFeb 1, 2009
This checks the colors of permanents you control as it resolves.