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Promise of Power

{2}{B}{B}{B}

Sorcery

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Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
~1 in 1200
Illustrator
Kev Walker
Found in
Modern Horizons 2 Set Booster Pack · Kaldheim Set Booster Pack · 4 more
Printings5
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
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.)
Entwine

Plays as: Card Draw · Life Outlet · Modal Spell · Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+6.5%
$1.98
$0.62 low$0.51 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.45· across 5 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Dec 1, 2004 · one tap opens all
  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    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.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    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.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The power/toughness of the token is set when this spell resolves.