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Death Spark

{R}

Instant

CSTColdsnap Theme Decks#70uncommon
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 2 per booster
Illustrator
Mark Tedin
Found in
Coldsnap Theme Deck Beyond the Grave
Printings4EDHREC rank#25,000
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Death Spark deals 1 damage to any target. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard with a creature card directly above it, you may pay {1}. If you do, return this card to your hand.
Plays as:
BurnPlaneswalker Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil0.0%
$0.23
$0.16 low$0.15 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.17· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Oct 1, 2008
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    A card is "directly above" another card in your graveyard if it was put into that graveyard later and there are no cards in between the two.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    Say you're the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that's attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma's Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they're put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it's put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it's put into its owner's graveyard. Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.