Dead Drop
Sorcery
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for 
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Target player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17350
Dead Drop exiles two creatures your opponents control — no regeneration, no indestructible, no graveyard trigger — for a cost that requires you to sacrifice two permanents first. Ten mana is a steep ask, but the convoke mechanic means a wide board of tokens can pay most or all of that, turning a late-game flood of bodies into a clean two-for-one removal spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dead Drop actually belongs — token strategies can convoke it out cheaply, and exile-based mass removal is always relevant in a format full of indestructible and recursive threats. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, ten mana at sorcery speed is simply unplayable against faster, tighter gameplans, and no competitive shell is sacrificing permanents to cast a two-target removal spell. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's token-go-wide DNA that Dead Drop is at least castable, though still a fringe inclusion. The honest read is that Dead Drop is a Commander-only card, and even there it needs the right deck.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Dead Drop is bulk — which is exactly right for a situational sorcery with a narrow home. It won't appreciate unless a high-profile token commander pushes it into the spotlight, so buy it if you need it and don't think twice about the price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.