First printed in Ice Age (1995)

All 4 prints

The List (PLST) #UMA-115, 2026
Ultimate Masters (UMA) #115, 2018
Masters Edition II (ME2) #110, 2008 (digital)
Ice Age (ICE) #160, 1995

Songs of the Damned

Instant

Add Black for each creature card in your graveyard.

In the last 30 days 1.2% of Pauper decks played it (9 of 739). Most played in Cycle Storm. In the last 30 days 0.7% of Commander decks played it (45 of 6150). Most played in WUBRG (unclassified).

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not 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 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 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 9 of 739 decks (1.2%).

Share of decks

1.2%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

9 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

49%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Cycle Storm	1.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Rowan's Grim Search	100%	82.1
Drannith Healer	100%	82.1
Cabal Ritual	100%	82.1
Horror of the Broken Lands	100%	82.1
Imposing Vantasaur	100%	82.1
Street Wraith	100%	82.1
Drannith Stinger	100%	82.1
Page, Loose Leaf	100%	73.9
Dark Ritual	100%	67.2
Reaping the Graves	100%	56.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Cycle Storm Stijn Pouwels in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026	4-2 67%
Cycle Storm Tankillisant in FirstQualifier	3-3 50%
Cycle Storm Ben in the300	2-3 40%
Cycle Storm Elouen Raynaud in the300	3-5 38%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Cycle Storm MyPotatoes, 27 Oct	4 main	#22 0-2
Cycle Storm Tankillisant, 4 Oct	4 main	#21 0-3
Cycle Storm Elouen Raynaud, 4 Oct	4 main	#155 3-5
Cycle Storm Ben, 4 Oct	4 main	#202 2-3
Cycle Storm Tankillisant, 4 Oct	4 main	#252 0-3
Cycle Storm Stijn Pouwels, 3 Oct	4 main	#13 4-2
Cycle Storm Tankillisant, 3 Oct	4 main	#36 3-3
Cycle Storm Alessandro Marazzini, 3 Oct	4 main	#45 2-2

Commander Other periods →

In 45 of 6150 decks (0.7%).