Death Bomb
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28028
Death Bomb destroys a creature and drains each opponent for 2 — that's a removal spell with a built-in life swing attached. Four mana at sorcery speed is the ceiling on what this effect should cost, and it sits right there, making it playable but never exciting.
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 |
Death Bomb is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and its home is clearly Pauper and Commander — formats where commons get room to breathe. In Commander, the drain hitting all opponents means a four-player table nets you 6 life alongside the removal, which is a real return on investment in black sacrifice or aristocrats builds. In Pauper, sorcery-speed creature removal at four mana is slow, and dedicated removal like Chainer's Edict or Doom Blade outclasses it unless the life gain is specifically what your deck wants. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic slot for Death Bomb.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Death Bomb is pure bulk — grab it out of a commons box and never think about the price again. Bulk commons don't appreciate; you're buying it for the effect, not the cardboard.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.