Benthic Anomaly

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Benthic Anomaly: Creature - Eldrazi Serpent, Modern Horizons 3 Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}{U}
Mana value
7
Type
Creature - Eldrazi Serpent
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
7/8
Rarity
Rare
Set
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C)
Released
2024-06-14
Collector number
46
Artist
Nino Is
Commander rank
4,073 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Devoid

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About Benthic Anomaly

Benthic Anomaly is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless creature from Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C), a Commander product released in June 2024. It is collector number 46 in that set, with art by Nino Is. It costs {6}{U} (six generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 7/8 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Modern Horizons 3 Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When you cast this spell, for each opponent, choose a creature that player controls. Create a token that's a copy of one of those creatures, except its power is equal to the total power of those creatures, its toughness is equal to the total toughness of those creatures, and it's a colorless Eldrazi creature.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.18 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Benthic Anomaly by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Benthic Anomaly, newest first.

  • If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • Devoid doesn't affect the color identity of the card for the purposes of the Commander variant. For example, while Abstruse Appropriation is colorless because it has devoid, its color identity is still white and black, and it can't be included in a Commander deck where the commander's color identity doesn't include both white and black.
  • Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid a color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
  • If the copied creature is itself a token, the token created by Benthic Anomaly's ability copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created it, with the listed exception.
  • Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
  • If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions.
  • A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
  • The token is an Eldrazi creature instead of its other types and subtypes and is colorless instead of retaining any of its colors. It retains any supertypes it had, such as legendary or snow. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.

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