Deem Worthy
Instant
Deem Worthy deals 7 damage to target creature.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may have it deal 2 damage to target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20765
Deem Worthy destroys a creature and replaces itself with a card draw stapled to the back — the surveil 2 on top makes the selection real. Five mana is the honest cost of that package, and in Commander, where sorcery-speed removal with upside is the norm, that rate is acceptable.
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 Deem Worthy earns its keep: singleton formats punish narrow removal, and the combination of hard removal plus surveil 2 plus a free card means you're never just trading one-for-one. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, five mana is a disqualifying rate — Prismatic Ending and Fatal Push exist — so Deem Worthy doesn't see play there. Pioneer sits in the same boat; the format's curve is fast enough that a five-mana sorcery removal spell is almost always a tempo loss. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamics closely enough that the card is playable there for the same reasons.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Deem Worthy isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given the card's role as a niche Commander utility piece rather than a format staple, it almost certainly sits in bulk-rare territory — pick it up without hesitation if you find it cheap.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.