Fake Your Own Death

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Fake Your Own Death: Instant, Foundations. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Common
Set
Foundations (FDN)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
174
Artist
Monztre
Commander rank
1,498 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Treasure

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About Fake Your Own Death

Fake Your Own Death is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Foundations (FDN), a core set released in November 2024. It is collector number 174 in that set, with art by Monztre. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Streets of New Capenna (2022) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (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 Fake Your Own Death by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Fake Your Own Death

Fake Your Own Death has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #440Common2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #87Common2024
Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #79Common2022

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Fake Your Own Death, newest first.

  • The Treasure token is created by the creature's controller, who may be different from Fake Your Own Death's controller and may be different from the creature's owner.
  • If the target creature is a token, the ability still triggers when it dies. Its controller won't return the token to the battlefield, but they will creature a Treasure token.

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