Undermine

Undermine: Instant, Starter Commander Decks. Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {U}{U}{B}
Mana value: 3
Type: Instant
Colour identity: Blue and black (UB)
Rarity: Rare
Set: Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released: 2022-12-02
Collector number: 254
Artist: Massimiliano Frezzato
Commander rank: 6,099 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Undermine

Undermine is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black instant from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 254 in that set, with art by Massimiliano Frezzato. It costs {U}{U}{B} (two blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Invasion (2000) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.87 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.

"Which would you like first, the insult or the injury?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.87 (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 Undermine 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 Undermine

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

Printing	Rarity	Year
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (DDH) #62	Rare	2011
World Championship Decks 2001 (WC01) #ar282	Rare	2001
Invasion (INV) #282	Rare	2000

Similar cards

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

In these precons

Undermine is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Grave Danger (SCD), led by Gisa and Geralf