Haunting Misery
Mana cost {1}{B}{B}.
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.
Haunting Misery deals X damage to target player or planeswalker.
Haunting Misery is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Weatherlight printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.36) · TCGplayer ($0.25) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.19 and €0.52 in that time.
How often Haunting Misery is played
Haunting Misery is maindecked in 2 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (2%), averaging 1.0 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 2 of them play it (3%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Haunting Misery
- Fluctuator: Three mana, a sorcery: as an additional cost, exile X creature cards from your graveyard, then deal X damage to target player. The exile is a cost, so graveyard hate in response does nothing once Misery is cast. Paid with Songs of the Damned, it deals one damage per creature card; Solitary Confinement (shroud plus damage prevention) and Glacial Chasm (damage prevention) are the cards that stop it cold.
Tournament decks with Haunting Misery
- Fluctuator: 6th Place at Magico Conclave Etrusco (1× mainboard)
- Fluctuator: 2nd Place at Magico Conclave Etrusco (1× mainboard)
