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Creature — Insect
Morph {X}{black}{black} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. 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.
4/3
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Legions
- Released
- 2003-02-03
- Artist
- Justin Sweet, Filip Burburan
- Printings
- 4
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.26
- Cheapest foil
- $49.99
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Bane of the Living (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 1.2%
- +0.0 ppup 0.8% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.8%
- −0.2 ppdown 21.6% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 51
- 77% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.2
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Mono Black Aggro17% of lists · 27
- Unclassified2% of lists · 8
- BW Control13% of lists · 8
- Survival3% of lists · 3
- The Rock3% of lists · 3
- Mono Black Control3% of lists · 2
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Bane of the Living in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Mono Black Aggro (17%), BW Control (13%).
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Printings (4)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Bane of the Living — Legions #60Legions | #60 | $4.32 |
 Preview Bane of the Living — Commander 2016 #106Commander 2016 | #106 | $0.34 |
 Preview Bane of the Living — Commander Anthology Volume II #58Commander Anthology Volume II | #58 | $0.26 |
 Preview Bane of the Living — Commander 2019 #104Commander 2019 | #104 | $0.36 |
Price trend
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