Songs of the Damned
Mana cost {B}.
Add {B} for each creature card in your graveyard.
Songs of the Damned is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Ice Age printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€1.71) · TCGplayer ($2.01) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €1.36 and €1.87 in that time.
How often Songs of the Damned is played
Songs of the Damned is maindecked in 2 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (2%), averaging 1.0 copies; kept in 2 sideboards (2%); 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 Songs of the Damned
- Fluctuator: One mana, an instant: add {B} for each creature card in your graveyard, counted when it resolves. Tormod's Crypt or Withered Wretch in response shrinks it, so deal with the Crypt first (Gilded Light gives you shroud against it). Its mana empties at the end of the phase, so cast it in the same main phase as the kill spell.
Sideboard plans with Songs of the Damned
- Fluctuator vs. Mono Black, Pit Rack, Contamination and other discard decks.
Tournament decks with Songs of the Damned
- Fluctuator: 6th Place at Magico Conclave Etrusco (2× main + sideboard)
- Fluctuator: 2nd Place at Magico Conclave Etrusco (2× main + sideboard)
