Death Cloud
Sorcery
Each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures of their choice, then sacrifices X lands of their choice.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $3.07
- EDHREC rank
- #9982
Death Cloud empties the board, strips every hand, and kills every land — all at once, all scaled to whatever mana you pour in. The cost is symmetrical devastation, which means it only belongs in a deck built to win the aftermath, and Tergrid, God of Fright is the clearest example of a commander that does exactly that.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
Death Cloud forces every opponent to sacrifice lands and discard cards, and Tergrid, God of Fright converts every single one of those sacrificed permanents into your own — turning a symmetric reset into a one-sided takeover.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Death Cloud is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it has never found serious competitive footing outside Commander. In Legacy and Modern it competes in a world of faster threats and cheaper interaction; the mana investment required to make it backbreaking arrives too late to matter. Commander is where Death Cloud is genuinely dangerous — multiplayer tables mean the card hits three opponents simultaneously, and a well-timed X=4 or X=5 can end the game on the spot if your deck rebuilds faster than theirs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.07 cheap tier
At $3.07, Death Cloud sits in the cheap tier and is straightforwardly worth acquiring if the archetype fits your build. It has enough Commander demand in Tergrid and discard-payoff shells to stay at this price floor without much risk of it cratering.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tergrid, God of Fright
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.