Dead Man's Chest

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Dead Man's Chest: Enchantment - Aura, Forgotten Realms Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment - Aura
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
97
Artist
Jason A. Engle
Commander rank
9,016 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Enchant

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About Dead Man's Chest

Dead Man's Chest is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC), a Commander product released in July 2021. It is collector number 97 in that set, with art by Jason A. Engle. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to Forgotten Realms Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Enchant creature an opponent controls

When enchanted creature dies, exile cards equal to its power from the top of its owner's library. You may cast spells from among those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast them.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (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 Man's Chest by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dead Man's Chest

Dead Man's Chest has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #66sRare2018
Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #66Rare2018

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Dead Man's Chest, newest first.

  • If you gain control of the enchanted creature, Dead Man's Chest will be put into your graveyard.
  • To determine how many cards to exile, use the enchanted creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield.
  • You are a creature's owner if the card representing it began the game in your deck, or if it's a token that entered the battlefield under your control. If Dead Man's Chest enchants a creature that you own but an opponent controls, you'll exile cards from your library.
  • The effect of Dead Man's Chest doesn't change when you can cast the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • If Dead Man's Chest and the enchanted creature are both put into graveyards at the same time, the last ability of Dead Man's Chest still triggers.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Dead Man's Chest's ability are exiled.

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