Depressurize
Instant
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Then if that creature's power is 0 or less, destroy it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #18027
Depressurize puts two creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries — a clean two-for-one tempo swing that doubles as graveyard-hate denial. Two mana at instant speed is the right price for that much board impact.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Depressurize earns its slot against Reanimator strategies and any commander that wants to dodge the graveyard trigger on death — bouncing to the bottom instead of the bin is often a harder answer than a simple kill spell. In Pauper it competes in a tight removal metagame but the two-for-one at common rarity is genuinely rare, making it a real consideration in blue tempo shells. Across Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, the sorcery-speed equivalent would be borderline; Depressurize being an instant is what separates it from bulk filler. Legacy and Vintage have better options at two mana, so it won't see play there regardless of legality.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Depressurize sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking it out of a common box, not a singles order. That price is stable; there's no spike target here, just a cheap answer worth throwing in a sleeve.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.