Necropolis Fiend

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Necropolis Fiend: Creature - Demon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{7}{B}{B}
Mana value
9
Type
Creature - Demon
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
190
Artist
Seb McKinnon
Commander rank
17,729 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Delve, Flying

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About Necropolis Fiend

Necropolis Fiend is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 190 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {7}{B}{B} (seven generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 9. It is a 4/5 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 5 sets, from Khans of Tarkir (2014) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)

Flying

{X}, {T}, Exile X cards from your graveyard: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (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 Necropolis Fiend 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 Necropolis Fiend

Necropolis Fiend has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #55729Rare2017
Fate Reforged Clash Pack (CP2) #1Rare2015
Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #82Rare2014
Khans of Tarkir Promos (PKTK) #82sRare2014

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Necropolis Fiend, newest first.

  • Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
  • Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
  • You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.

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