Bane of the Living
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander Anthology Volume IICM2 · #58
- Card type
- Creature — Insect
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.32 € · 0.26 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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 Sweet
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-06-08
Rulings
The X in the ability has the same value as the X paid in the Morph ability. This is pretty easy to derive since there is no other source of X.
The trigger occurs when you use the Morph ability to turn the card face up, or when an effect turns it face up. It will not trigger on being revealed or on leaving the battlefield.
