Death Begets Life
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Tarkir: DragonstormTDM · #176
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 0.80 € · ★ 0.77 € · 0.49 $ · ★ 0.70 $
- Mana value
- 8
- Colour
- Blue Black Green
Card text
Destroy all creatures and enchantments. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-04-11
Flavour text
"You need not mourn. Their life essence has returned to the earth, where it will eventually bloom into a new form." —Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Rulings
If a permanent destroyed this way goes to a zone other than a graveyard (for example, if it has a finality counter on it), it still counts as being destroyed and you’ll still draw a card.
Permanents with indestructible aren’t destroyed this way.
