Promise of Power
Commander 2014 (C14) #157 · Rare · Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}{B}
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.)
Illustrated by Kev Walker · Released November 7, 2014
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.50 USD · €0.31 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 23, 2026: up $0.03 USD (6.4%) to $0.50 USD; low $0.47 USD, high $0.51 USD.
Printings
- The List #DDC-54 (PLST) · Rare · 2020 · $3.89 USD
- Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic #54 (DVD) · Rare · 2014 · $0.60 USD
- Commander 2014 #157 (this printing) · Rare · 2014 · $0.50 USD
- Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic #54 (DDC) · Rare · 2009 · $0.65 USD
- Mirrodin #74 (MRD) · Rare · 2003 · $0.57 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — The power/toughness of the token is set when this spell resolves.
- 2004-12-01 · wotc — 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.
- 2004-12-01 · wotc — 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.