Desecration Elemental
Creature — Elemental
5DNFifth Dawn#45rare
Its precious corpses dance like puppets to attract mindless nim prey.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 3850
- Illustrator
- Pete Venters
- Found in
- Fifth Dawn MTGO Redemption Foil · Fifth Dawn MTGO Redemption · Fifth Dawn Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever a player casts a spell, sacrifice a creature.
8/8Fear
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Nonfoil
$5.83
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Since Feb 2024:H $6.02L $3.53$3.53
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Foil
$17.51
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Rulings
2 · latest Dec 1, 2004
- WotCDec 1, 2004
If Desecration Elemental is the only creature you control when its triggered ability resolves, you’ll have to sacrifice it.
- WotCDec 1, 2004
This ability triggers off anyone casting a spell, including you, not just Desecration Elemental’s controller or an opponent.