Descent into Avernus
Descent into Avernus: Enchantment, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 169
- Artist
- Bruce Brenneise
- Commander rank
- 892 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Treasure
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About Descent into Avernus
Descent into Avernus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 169 in that set, with art by Bruce Brenneise. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $15.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on this enchantment. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and this enchantment deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on this enchantment.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $15.17 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Descent into Avernus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Descent into Avernus
Descent into Avernus has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CLB-169 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2176 | Rare | 2025 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #580 | Rare | 2022 |
| Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos (PCLB) #169s | Rare | 2022 |
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Descent into Avernus.