First printed in Dominaria (2018)

All 3 prints

Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #219, 2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #377, 2023
Dominaria (DOM) #213, 2018

Damping Sphere

Artifact

If a land is tapped for two or more mana, it produces Colorless instead of any other type and amount.
Each spell a player casts costs 1 generic more to cast for each other spell that player has cast this turn.

In the last 30 days 11.1% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 9). Most played in Golgari Midrange. In the last 30 days 6.6% of Modern decks played it (11 of 166). Most played in Affinity.

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 6% of decks (#50)
Colorless, Artifacts
Legacy staples: sideboard, 11% of decks (#21)
Colorless, Artifacts

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pioneer Other periods →

In 1 of 9 decks (11.1%).

Share of decks

11.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Midrange	11.1%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Golgari Midrange OPMan, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0

Modern Other periods →

In 11 of 166 decks (6.6%).

Share of decks

5.9%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 8 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Affinity	4.8%	88%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.4%	25%
WR (unclassified)	1.8%	33%
WUR (unclassified)	1.8%	33%
WUG (unclassified)	0.6%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Affinity solaec0501 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Affinity Tinker147 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Black Selfeisek in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Affinity Varo in Modern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
WUR Eduardo Novoa in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern	3-2 60%
Affinity musasabi in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Affinity solaec0501 in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
WR DemianDesposito10 in Modern Challenge 32	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Affinity solaec0501, 28 Oct	1 side	#13 4-2
Affinity shadowfiend69, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Affinity musasabi, 27 Oct	2 side	#22 3-3
WR DemianDesposito10, 27 Oct	2 side	#30 2-4
Affinity Varo, 27 Oct	1 side	#11 3-2
Affinity Tinker147, 27 Oct	2 side	#10 4-2
Mono-Black Selfeisek, 27 Oct	2 side	#12 4-2
Affinity solaec0501, 27 Oct	2 side	#23 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 36 of 264 decks (13.6%).

Share of decks

10.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 11 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

61%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Bant Murktide	6.8%	33%
UBG (unclassified)	6.4%	6%
Lands	5.7%	47%
Boros Energy	5.3%	7%
Dimir Midrange	4.5%	25%
Welder Combo	3.0%	75%
WUBRG (unclassified)	2.7%	14%
Affinity	2.3%	17%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUBRG Colin Logan in BCDL 29 - Texas	7-1 88%
WG Nyles Breecher in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	7-1 88%
Mono-Black Andrew McCauley in BCDL 29 - Texas	5-1 83%
Jeskai Control Víctor Gómez González in Arzúa - Piknitas Legacy (puntúa para a LIL 26/27)	5-1 83%
Lands Minivan_of_Jeskai in Legacy Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Death and Taxes Btholt99 in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Bant Murktide robgladiator90 in Legacy Challenge 32	5-3 63%
Lands Rubén Justo in Arzúa - Piknitas Legacy (puntúa para a LIL 26/27)	3-2 60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Lands Minivan_of_Jeskai, 27 Oct	2 side	#3 6-2
Bant Murktide robgladiator90, 27 Oct	1 side	#4 5-3
Death and Taxes Btholt99, 27 Oct	2 side	#14 4-2
Welder Combo Harry1232, 27 Oct	2 side	#18 3-3
Jeskai Control trunks132, 27 Oct	2 side	#20 3-3
Lands Sharkcaster_Mage, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Boros Energy jimirynk, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Bant Murktide dgreen16, 26 Oct	1 side	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 373 of 6150 decks (6.1%).

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUBRG (unclassified)	11.1%	0%
UG (unclassified)	7.8%	5%
UR (unclassified)	6.2%	4%
WUB (unclassified)	3.7%	15%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	3.2%	48%
BR (unclassified)	3.1%	4%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	2.8%	13%
WBR (unclassified)	2.8%	1%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-White Tim Taranto (Goldsabertooth) in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	6-0 100%
WR [Heineken] Fali in The Warsaw Pact 2.0 - cEDH European Championship Qualifier	5-1 83%
Mono-Blue Sendoa Cardiel in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona	5-1 83%
Mono-White Ian Flannery in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	4-1 80%
RG Aliff Mohd Shukor in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	4-1 80%
UG Dracius McKee [DXTX] in Collectible Ventures: S.N.L. / Mages 10K Birthday Bash	5-2 71%
UG Dracius McKee [DXTX] in Grim Monolith, Chrome Mox, Mox Amber, Mana Vault	4-2 67%
Mono-Red Andrew Bachman in Cian Colony Memorial Tournament 4	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UG Dracius McKee [DXTX], 25 Oct	1 main	#1 4-2
WUB Cayden Farrow, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 1-2
Mono-Red Arnold Menendez (WHOOPIE), 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
BR Austin Dye, 25 Oct	1 main	#12 0-1
Mono-Red Scuba, 25 Oct	1 main	#1 3-1
Mono-Blue Blayne Severson, 25 Oct	1 main	#5 3-1
WUB [INFINITY] Eli, 25 Oct	1 main	#5 2-3
WUB Autumn MacGregor, 25 Oct	1 main	#6 1-1

No recent decks in: Vintage, Duel Commander.