Dead Ringers
Sorcery
Destroy two target nonblack creatures unless either one is a color the other isn't. They can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28056
Dead Ringers destroys two nonblack creatures that share no colors, making it a two-for-one removal spell in the right meta — but the color-sharing restriction means it whiffs entirely on monocolored and artifact-heavy boards. It earns a slot only when your playgroup runs multicolor soup.
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 |
Dead Ringers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the formats where it actually sees play are narrow. In Commander it's a budget two-for-one with a real catch: you need two valid targets that share zero colors, which is harder to guarantee at a four-player table than it sounds. Pauper is its most viable home, where common-legal removal is scarce and opponents are more likely to field creatures with distinct color identities. Legacy and Vintage have access to far cleaner removal and will never touch it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Dead Ringers sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because it costs nothing. Don't expect that to change; the conditional targeting keeps demand low.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.