Clutch of Undeath
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 as long as it's a Zombie. Otherwise, it gets -3/-3.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #28376
Clutch of Undeath turns any creature into a 3/3 black Zombie while stripping its existing abilities — a permanent buff with a meaningful downside baked in. At five mana for an Aura that blanks keyword soup and hands opponents removal fodder, it belongs only in dedicated Zombie tribal decks that specifically want the creature type conversion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Clutch of Undeath earns a narrow slot in Zombie tribal decks where turning a non-Zombie into a Zombie matters more than preserving its text box — think enabling Rooftop Storm or padding Zombie counts for lords. In Pauper it sits on the fringe of reanimator-adjacent strategies that care about black creature types, though five mana is a steep ask in a format built on efficiency. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — no competitive shell needs what Clutch of Undeath offers at that cost. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: tribal synergy justifies it, and nothing else does.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Clutch of Undeath is deep bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It holds no monetary value to speak of, but it also costs nothing to pick up if your Zombie deck genuinely needs the creature-type conversion.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.