Death's Presence

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Death's Presence: Enchantment, Midnight Hunt Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{G}
Mana value
6
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC)
Released
2021-09-24
Collector number
137
Artist
Ryan Barger
Commander rank
4,777 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Death's Presence

Death's Presence is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green enchantment from Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC), a Commander product released in September 2021. It is collector number 137 in that set, with art by Ryan Barger. It costs {5}{G} (five generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Return to Ravnica (2012) to Warhammer 40,000 Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever a creature you control dies, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the power of the creature that died.

"We traffic in flesh, not souls. Still, it's a shame to let anything go to waste." -Cevraya, Golgari shaman

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Death's Presence by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Death's Presence

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

PrintingRarityYear
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #212Rare2022
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #212★Rare2022
Return to Ravnica (RTR) #121Rare2012

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Death's Presence.

  • X is the power of that creature as it last existed on the battlefield.

Similar cards

Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Death's Presence is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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