First printed in Time Spiral (2006)

All 6 prints

Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #301, 2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #79, 2023
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #107, 2021
The List (PLST) #C19-110, 2019
Commander 2019 (C19) #110, 2019
Time Spiral (TSP) #101, 2006

Dark Withering

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.
Madness Black (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

In the last 30 days 0.5% of Pauper decks played it (10 of 1908). Most played in Grixis Madness. In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (4 of 6150). Most played in The Infamous Cruelclaw.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

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

Pauper Other periods →

In 10 of 1908 decks (0.5%).

Share of decks

0.5%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 9 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

47%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Grixis Madness	14.3%	4%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Grixis Madness DarioSmp in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Grixis Madness Extasly in Pauper Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Grixis Madness TholgargT in Pauper Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Grixis Madness Jeff Wade in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026	1-5 17%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Grixis Madness Extasly, 27 Oct	3 side	#15 3-3
Grixis Madness DarioSmp, 25 Oct	2 side	#6 5-2
Grixis Madness TheLockedTomb, 24 Oct	2 side	5-0
Grixis Madness mami, 13 Oct	2 side	#30 0-2
Grixis Madness SuiDemon, 13 Oct	2 side	5-0
Grixis Madness MisterTwin, 8 Oct	1 side	#27
Grixis Madness TholgargT, 6 Oct	2 side	#18 3-3
Grixis Madness Simon Nemard, 4 Oct	2 side	#257 0-4

Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days