Erebos, God of the Dead

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Erebos, God of the Dead: Legendary Enchantment Creature - God, Theros. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
5/7
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Theros (THS)
Released
2013-09-27
Collector number
85
Artist
Peter Mohrbacher
Commander rank
2,948 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Indestructible
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Erebos, God of the Dead

Erebos, God of the Dead is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary enchantment creature from Theros (THS), an expansion set released in September 2013. It is collector number 85 in that set, with art by Peter Mohrbacher. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 5/7 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Theros (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $10.13 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Your opponents can't gain life.

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $10.13 (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 Erebos, God of the Dead by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Erebos, God of the Dead

Erebos, God of the Dead has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Pioneer Masters (PIO) #291Mythic2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #74Mythic2020

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Erebos, God of the Dead, newest first.

  • Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
  • When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.
  • The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
  • If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
  • If a God is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won't rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat.
  • As a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color will determine whether any replacement effects that affect creatures entering the battlefield apply to that God. Because replacement effects are considered before the God is on the battlefield, the mana symbols in its mana cost won't be counted when determining this.
  • The type-changing ability that can make a God not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It's always a creature card in other zones, regardless of your devotion to its color. It's always a creature spell while it's on the stack.
  • If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.

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