Death Begets Life
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{G}{U}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm #406 (mythic)
Destroy all creatures and enchantments. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way.
Death Begets Life has 6 printings, first in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025). EDHREC ranks it #7,752 among Commander cards. It appears most in Teval, the Balanced Scale decks (4,547 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Death Begets Life most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Teval, the Balanced Scale: 4,547 decks
- Kotis, the Fangkeeper: 2,395 decks
- Teval, Arbiter of Virtue: 1,826 decks
- Indominus Rex, Alpha: 502 decks
- Sin, Spira's Punishment: 477 decks
- Nine-Fingers Keene: 437 decks
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic: 164 decks
- Damia, Sage of Stone: 163 decks
Often played with Death Begets Life
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a permanent destroyed this way goes to a zone other than a graveyard (for example, if it has a finality counter on it), it still counts as being destroyed and you’ll still draw a card.
- : Permanents with indestructible aren’t destroyed this way.