Ruthless Deathfang

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Ruthless Deathfang: Creature - Dragon, Midnight Hunt Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Dragon
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC)
Released
2021-09-24
Collector number
154
Artist
Filip Burburan
Commander rank
18,601 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Ruthless Deathfang

Ruthless Deathfang is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and black creature from Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC), a Commander product released in September 2021. It is collector number 154 in that set, with art by Filip Burburan. It costs {4}{U}{B} (four generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Midnight Hunt Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever you sacrifice a creature, target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

"Bring forth the dead, their skull-grins and rattle-bones. We will feast upon their wailing ghosts." -Silumgar, translated from Draconic

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (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 Ruthless Deathfang by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Ruthless Deathfang

Ruthless Deathfang has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #229Uncommon2015

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Ruthless Deathfang, newest first.

  • Notably, the “legend rule” does not cause any permanents to be sacrificed. They are simply put into their owners' graveyards.
  • Ruthless Deathfang's triggered ability will trigger whenever you sacrifice any creature, including Ruthless Deathfang itself. It will trigger whenever you sacrifice a creature for any reason, including to pay a cost or as the result of a spell or ability (such as an opposing Ruthless Deathfang's ability).

Similar cards

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