Diabolic Servitude

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Diabolic Servitude: Enchantment, Commander Anthology. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander Anthology (CMA)
Released
2017-06-09
Collector number
53
Artist
Scott M. Fischer
Commander rank
15,039 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Diabolic Servitude

Diabolic Servitude is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black enchantment from Commander Anthology (CMA), a Commander product released in June 2017. It is collector number 53 in that set, with art by Scott M. Fischer. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Urza's Saga (1998) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this enchantment enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

When the creature put onto the battlefield with this enchantment dies, exile it and return this enchantment to its owner's hand.

When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, exile the creature put onto the battlefield with this enchantment.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (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 Diabolic Servitude by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Diabolic Servitude

Diabolic Servitude has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #PD3-22Uncommon2024
Commander 2015 (C15) #120Uncommon2015
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn (PD3) #22Uncommon2011
Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) #75Uncommon2011
Urza's Saga (USG) #130Uncommon1998
Urza's Saga (USG) #130sUncommon1998

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Diabolic Servitude.

  • If the creature is on the battlefield and is returned to its owner’s hand or is exiled, this card loses track of the creature and has no further effects in the future.

Similar cards

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

In these precons

Diabolic Servitude is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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