Death Begets Life
Death Begets Life: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm. Destroy all creatures and enchantments. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and green (UBG)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 176
- Artist
- Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez
- Commander rank
- 7,784 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Death Begets Life
Death Begets Life is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue, black and green sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), an expansion set released in April 2025. It is collector number 176 in that set, with art by Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez. It costs {5}{B}{G}{U} (five generic, one blue, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is blue, black and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.55 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Destroy all creatures and enchantments. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way.
"You need not mourn. Their life essence has returned to the earth, where it will eventually bloom into a new form." -Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.55 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Death Begets Life by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Death Begets Life
Death Begets Life has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #176p | Mythic | 2025 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #176s | Mythic | 2025 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #354 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #406 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #416 | Mythic | 2025 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Death Begets Life, newest first.
- If a permanent destroyed this way goes to a zone other than a graveyard (for example, if it has a finality counter on it), it still counts as being destroyed and you’ll still draw a card.
- Permanents with indestructible aren’t destroyed this way.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue, black and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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