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Desecration Elemental
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Fifth Dawn5DN · #45
- Card type
- Creature — Elemental
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 2.70 € · ★ 7.70 € · 6.06 $ · ★ 18.87 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 8
- Toughness
- 8
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever a player casts a spell, sacrifice a creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Pete Venters
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2004-06-04
Flavour text
Its precious corpses dance like puppets to attract mindless nim prey.
Rulings
If Desecration Elemental is the only creature you control when its triggered ability resolves, you’ll have to sacrifice it.
This ability triggers off anyone casting a spell, including you, not just Desecration Elemental’s controller or an opponent.
