Reign of the Pit

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Reign of the Pit: Sorcery, Starter Commander Decks. Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
102
Artist
Evan Shipard
Commander rank
14,059 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Reign of the Pit

Reign of the Pit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 102 in that set, with art by Evan Shipard. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Conspiracy (2014) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (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 Reign of the Pit by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Reign of the Pit

Reign of the Pit has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #258Rare2022
Vintage Masters (VMA) #138Rare2014
Conspiracy (CNS) #29Rare2014

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Reign of the Pit, newest first.

  • Use the powers of the creatures as they last existed on the battlefield to determine the value of X, even if they were negative. For example, if the sacrificed creatures were 3/3, 5/5, 0/4, and -2/2, the Demon will be 6/6.
  • You choose which creature you are sacrificing first, then each other player in turn order does the same. The creatures are all sacrificed simultaneously.

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