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The Darkness Crystal representative regular printing

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The Darkness Crystal

Legendary Artifact

{2}{B}{B} · Representative printing: FIN #96

Card-level market reference

Market at a glance

Pricing ConfidenceHigh ConfidenceMarketplaces disagree
Representative NeoPrice$4.587-day moveRoughly flatTracked copies210Sellers76

Market trustSource agreement: Marketplaces do not agree · Updated Sep 29, 2026

Representative printing · Representative · Foil and nonfoil · separate price fields

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What changed

Tracked paper printings currently show NeoPrice from $4.58 to $11.51. A tracked printing's NeoPrice was roughly flat over the last seven days.

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3 printings

Market history

Representative-print history

FIN #96 · Representative regular printing

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Detailed metrics

Liquidity
Deep
Score 87.2
Spread
216% spread
Stable
Market sensitivity
Low Sensitivity (12/100)
How easily this print market could move
Inventory trend
-1.4%
24h -1.4% | 7d -4.1%
NeoScore
73
B Tier
Organic demand
61
Neutral organic demand
Card rules & legalityOpen

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life. {4}{B}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Reserved List
No
Released
Jun 13, 2025
Legal formats
Duel, Brawl, Penny, Future, Legacy, Modern, Alchemy, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Standard, Timeless, Commander, Gladiator, Oathbreaker, Standardbrawl
Sources, methodology, and disclosureOpen

NeoPrice and Pricing Confidence use the existing NeoCardAlpha methodology. CardTrader is the inventory source, TCGplayer is the primary pricing source, and Card Kingdom is validation-only.

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