Dead Before Sunrise

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Dead Before Sunrise: Instant, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
26
Artist
Alix Branwyn
Commander rank
11,902 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Dead Before Sunrise

Dead Before Sunrise is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red instant from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 26 in that set, with art by Alix Branwyn. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Until end of turn, outlaw creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain "{T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature." (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

Daniel's mistake wasn't just coming alone. It was believing his rival had done the same.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Dead Before Sunrise by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Dead Before Sunrise

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #62Rare2024

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Dead Before Sunrise, newest first.

  • If an ability refers to an outlaw or whether a player controls an outlaw, it’s referring only to permanents with one or more of the creature types specified above. Notably, it’s not referring to any spell or card not on the battlefield. However, other abilities may refer to an “outlaw spell” or “outlaw card” in a zone other than the battlefield. Those abilities refer to spells and cards with one or more of the specified creature types.
  • If a creature leaves the battlefield while the ability granted to it by Dead Before Sunrise is still on the stack, use that creature’s power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage to deal.
  • A card, spell, or permanent is an outlaw if it has the Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, or Warlock creature type. It doesn’t matter if it has more than one of those creature types; as long as it has at least one, it’s an outlaw.
  • Outlaw is not a creature type. If an effect asks you to choose a creature type, you can’t choose outlaw.

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