Death's Duet
Sorcery
Return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #22969
Death's Duet returns two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand for two mana at sorcery speed — solid recursion density at a low cost. It's not flashy, but in black decks that need to rebuy two specific creatures at once, it does the job cleanly.
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 |
In Commander, Death's Duet fills the role of low-cost double recursion in black graveyard decks — it won't replace Eternal Witness effects, but two-for-one creature recovery at two mana is efficient enough to earn a slot when you need redundancy. In Pauper, where the card pool is tight and graveyard synergies matter, it sees legitimate play as an affordable recursion piece in black-based creature loops. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful graveyard tools, so Death's Duet doesn't compete there in any meaningful way.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Death's Duet is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought whenever you need the effect. Bulk commons rarely appreciate, so treat it as a functional piece you grab now rather than something to watch.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.