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Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

{3}{B}

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

THBTheros Beyond Death#93mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 3630
Illustrator
Chase Stone
Found in
Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption · Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings6EDHREC rank#4,101
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card. {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.
5/6
Indestructible
Plays as:
Card DrawDevotion PayoffLife OutletDeath Trigger
Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+9.7%
$1.59
$0.95 low$0.30 gapTCGplayer
Foil+0.5%
$1.89
$1.42 low$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$1.59· across 6 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

16 · latest Jan 24, 2020
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    As a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color will determine whether any replacement effects that affect creatures entering the battlefield apply to that God. Because replacement effects are considered before the God is on the battlefield, the mana symbols in its mana cost won’t be counted when determining this.

  • 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

    Counters put on a God remain on it while it’s not a creature, even if they have no effect.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Erebos’s last ability can target the creature you’ll sacrifice to pay its cost. In this case, the ability won’t resolve, but Erebos’s triggered ability will trigger.

  • 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 a God is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won’t rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.

  • 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 an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If one or more creatures you control die at the same time as Erebos, its triggered ability triggers for each of those creatures.

  • 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

    The abilities of Gods function as long as they’re on the battlefield, regardless of whether they’re creatures.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    The type-changing ability that can make a God not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It’s always a creature card in other zones, regardless of your devotion to its color. It’s always a creature spell while it’s on the stack.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    While resolving Erebos’s triggered ability, you can’t pay more than 2 life to draw more than one card.