Spinal Embrace

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Spinal Embrace: Instant, Dominaria Remastered. Cast this spell only during combat. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Dominaria Remastered (DMR)
Released
2023-01-13
Collector number
201
Artist
Donato Giancola
Commander rank
17,231 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Spinal Embrace

Spinal Embrace is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black instant from Dominaria Remastered (DMR), a Masters set released in January 2023. It is collector number 201 in that set, with art by Donato Giancola. It costs {3}{U}{U}{B} (three generic, two blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Invasion (2000) to Dominaria Remastered (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Cast this spell only during combat.

Untap target creature you don't control and gain control of it. It gains haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it. If you do, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Spinal Embrace by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Spinal Embrace

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

PrintingRarityYear
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #369Rare2023
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #101Rare2020
Commander 2013 (C13) #218Rare2013
Invasion (INV) #276Rare2000

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Spinal Embrace.

  • You must sacrifice the creature if you still control it as the delayed triggered ability resolves.

Similar cards

Other instant cards with a blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

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Spinal Embrace is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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