Death-Rattle Oni
Creature — Demon Spirit
Flash
This spell costs 
less to cast for each creature that died this turn.
When this creature enters, destroy all other creatures that were dealt damage this turn.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #16875
Death-Rattle Oni lands as a 5/4 trampler that can eat an opponent's creature on the way in — if you're running enough legendary creatures to fuel its ward and ward-adjacent upside, that's a real two-for-one threat. The cost is a five-mana body that does nothing if your legendary count is thin.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Death-Rattle Oni actually belongs — legendary-tribal and Oni-typal decks can consistently trigger its enters-the-battlefield ability, and a 5/4 trampler with ward is a credible threat at a table. In Modern and Pioneer, five mana for a creature that requires a legendary setup to shine gets outclassed by faster threats and cleaner payoffs. Legacy and Vintage simply don't have space for a five-drop that needs scaffolding. Death-Rattle Oni is a Commander card through and through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Death-Rattle Oni is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap single. That price is stable by definition; bulk rares don't move unless a deck archetype breaks out, and legendary-tribal isn't currently applying that kind of upward pressure.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.