Pernicious Deed
Pernicious Deed: Enchantment, Masters 25. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Masters 25 (A25)
- Released
- 2018-03-16
- Collector number
- 212
- Artist
- Christopher Moeller
- Commander rank
- 5,637 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Pernicious Deed
Pernicious Deed is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green enchantment from Masters 25 (A25), a Masters set released in March 2018. It is collector number 212 in that set, with art by Christopher Moeller. It costs {1}{B}{G} (one generic, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Apocalypse (2001) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
{X}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy each artifact, creature, and enchantment with mana value X or less.
"Yawgmoth," Freyalise whispered as she set the bomb, "now you will pay for your treachery."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.24 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pernicious Deed by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Pernicious Deed
Pernicious Deed has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1777 | Rare | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #A25-212 | Rare | 2024 |
| Conspiracy (CNS) #191 | Mythic | 2014 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #36306 | Rare | 2011 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2006 (G06) #4 | Rare | 2006 |
| Apocalypse (APC) #114 | Rare | 2001 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Pernicious Deed, newest first.
- If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- A token has a mana value of 0 unless it is copying something else.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.