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Drag to the Underworld

{2}{B}{B}

Instant

THBTheros Beyond Death#89uncommon
Foil

The more you struggle against death, the tighter its grip becomes.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 960
Illustrator
Victor Adame Minguez
Found in
Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption · Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is your devotion to black. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) Destroy target creature.

Plays as: Devotion Payoff · Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 12h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+5.6%
$0.19
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+6.7%
$0.48
$0.15 low$0.07 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.19· across 1 printing

Rulings

8 · latest Jan 24, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Colorless and generic mana symbols ({C}, {0}, {1}, {2}, {X}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Once you announce that you're casting a spell, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change by how much Drag to the Underworld's cost is reduced.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    The cost reduction ability reduces only the generic mana in Drag to the Underworld's cost. The colored mana must still be paid.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Drag to the Underworld). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.