Deadly Derision
Instant
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #12423
Deadly Derision exiles any nonland permanent and replaces itself with a Treasure — two of the most valuable things a removal spell can do, stapled together for four mana. The cost is real at 2BB, but the exile clause plus card parity makes it a clean inclusion over destroy-only options that leave the permanent in the graveyard.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Deadly Derision earns its slot — four mana is acceptable in a 40-life format where you're rarely racing, exile matters against recursion-heavy decks, and the Treasure smooths your curve into a five-drop the same turn. In Pauper it's a legitimate role-player, competing with Doomblade and Cast Down in black removal suites where card parity at common is genuinely scarce. Elsewhere — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Deadly Derision is too slow; Fatal Push and Infernal Grasp handle threats faster and cheaper in formats where tempo is the whole game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Deadly Derision is pure bulk, and the price is stable — it does exactly what it says on a common-rarity budget and there's no speculative demand pushing it anywhere. Pick up copies freely; you'll never feel the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.