Bane of the Living

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Bane of the Living: Creature - Insect, Commander 2019. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Insect
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2019 (C19)
Released
2019-08-23
Collector number
104
Artist
Filip Burburan
Commander rank
9,691 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Morph

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About Bane of the Living

Bane of the Living is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander 2019 (C19), a Commander product released in August 2019. It is collector number 104 in that set, with art by Filip Burburan. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Legions (2003) to Commander 2019 (2019). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Morph {X}{B}{B} (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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Bane of the Living by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Bane of the Living

Bane of the Living has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #58Rare2018
Commander 2016 (C16) #106Rare2016
Legions (LGN) #60Rare2003

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Bane of the Living, newest first.

  • 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.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Bane of the Living is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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