Death Grasp

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Death Grasp: Sorcery, Commander 2015. Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{X}{W}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
White and black (WB)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2015 (C15)
Released
2015-11-13
Collector number
215
Artist
Raymond Swanland
Commander rank
15,131 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Death Grasp

Death Grasp is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black sorcery from Commander 2015 (C15), a Commander product released in November 2015. It is collector number 215 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {X}{W}{B} (X, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Apocalypse (2001) to Commander 2015 (2015). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life.

Plate mail, the skin of the chest, the rib cage, the heart-all useless against the mage who can reach directly for the soul.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (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 Death Grasp by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Death Grasp

Death Grasp has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Vintage Masters (VMA) #249Uncommon2014
Commander 2013 (C13) #183Rare2013
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (DDK) #32Rare2013
Apocalypse (APC) #95Rare2001

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Death Grasp is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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