Depth Defiler
Creature — Eldrazi
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
When you cast this spell, choose one. If it was kicked, choose both instead.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Target player draws two cards, then discards a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #17725
Depth Defiler lets you cast eldrazi spells by spending life instead of colored mana, collapsing your color requirements into a single colorless body. The cost is real — paying life at scale gets dangerous — but in the right shell this is a genuine enabler, not a cute trick.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Depth Defiler earns its slot, specifically in colorless or near-colorless eldrazi decks that want to splash a second color without straining the mana base. The ability to convert colored pips into life payments means your Wastes-heavy land base can still cast eldrazi that technically require colored mana. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes with far more efficient enablers and sees essentially no play. Modern is the same story — the life payment scales poorly in a format where games end fast.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Depth Defiler is deep bulk — pick it up in a trade binder or as a throw-in without thinking twice. Niche enablers at this price rarely spike unless a commander emerges that makes them mandatory, so don't expect movement, but the low floor makes it zero-risk to test.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.