Death Rattle
Instant
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for 
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Destroy target nongreen creature. It can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #23596
Death Rattle destroys a target creature and can't be countered by spells or abilities — for three mana, that's a clean, reliable answer. The uncounterability is the whole reason to run it over cheaper removal that a Spellstutter Sprite or a Counterspell can snuff out.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Death Rattle fills a narrow niche: tables where blue countermagic is constant and your removal keeps getting answered before it resolves. Outside that context, three mana for a single-target destroy effect is overcosted by modern Commander standards. In Pauper, uncounterable interaction at common is genuinely valuable, and Death Rattle sees occasional sideboard play against blue tempo strategies. Legacy and Vintage have faster, cheaper options, so Death Rattle doesn't compete there. It's a format-fringe card that earns its slot in exactly one scenario.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Death Rattle is pure bulk — there's no price floor to protect here. Demand is too narrow and supply too plentiful for that to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.