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Bane, Lord of Darkness
Oracle Text
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bane has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, target opponent may have you draw a card. If they don't, you may put a creature card with equal or lesser toughness from your hand onto the battlefield.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Bane, Lord of Darkness is a classic value-engine finisher for Esper decks, especially those leaning into control or attrition. In play, he asks you to manage the table and your own life total carefully: once you’re at half or less, his indestructible body becomes a serious roadblock, and at 5/2 he also threatens fast damage if left unchecked. His trigger is the real prize, though—every nontoken creature that dies forces an opponent into a nasty choice between feeding you cards or letting you cheat another creature into play. That makes him excellent in sacrifice shells with creatures like self-sacrificing utility bodies, recursive threats, and death-trigger payoffs. He pairs particularly well with cards that lower your life total safely or repeatedly kill your own creatures, since the deck can turn “bad” deaths into board presence and card flow. Bane rewards patience, pressure, and careful sequencing more than raw aggression.
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Character Background
Bane, Lord of Darkness is a classic value-engine finisher for Esper decks, especially those leaning into control or attrition. In play, he asks you to manage the table and your own life total carefully: once you’re at half or less, his indestructible body becomes a serious roadblock, and at 5/2 he also threatens fast damage if left unchecked. His trigger is the real prize, though—every nontoken creature that dies forces an opponent into a nasty choice between feeding you cards or letting you cheat another creature into play. That makes him excellent in sacrifice shells with creatures like self-sacrificing utility bodies, recursive threats, and death-trigger payoffs. He pairs particularly well with cards that lower your life total safely or repeatedly kill your own creatures, since the deck can turn “bad” deaths into board presence and card flow. Bane rewards patience, pressure, and careful sequencing more than raw aggression.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 13:10:44 UTC