Pestilent Spirit

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Pestilent Spirit: Creature - Spirit, Ravnica Allegiance. Menace, deathtouch. Instant and sorcery spells you control have deathtouch. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Spirit
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Ravnica Allegiance (RNA)
Released
2019-01-25
Collector number
81
Artist
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Commander rank
13,642 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Deathtouch, Menace

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About Pestilent Spirit

Pestilent Spirit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Ravnica Allegiance (RNA), an expansion set released in January 2019. It is collector number 81 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 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. Ravnica Allegiance is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Menace, deathtouch

Instant and sorcery spells you control have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Its stench corrodes steel. Its miasma sickens angels. Its finality ends hope.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (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 Pestilent Spirit 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

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Pestilent Spirit.

  • An instant or sorcery spell must actually deal damage to a creature for it to be destroyed. Simply targeting a creature isn’t enough. If the spell instructs another object to deal damage, the spell doesn’t deal any damage itself and its instance of deathtouch doesn’t apply. Dealing 0 damage isn’t dealing damage.

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