Dregs of Sorrow

Sorcery

Destroy X target nonblack creatures. Draw X cards.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{X}{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Seventh Edition
Price
$0.55
EDHREC rank
#15470
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Dregs of Sorrow kills X non-black creatures and draws you X cards — a removal spell that replaces itself at a ratio that scales with your mana. The cost is the X in the casting cost: you need to invest real mana to get real value, which means it underperforms in the early game and shines as a late-game reset.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is the natural home for Dregs of Sorrow — long games, large mana bases, and tables full of non-black creatures mean you'll routinely fire this for four or five, wiping a board sector and refueling in the same action. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; no competitive shell wants a sorcery-speed X-spell when faster, cheaper interaction exists. Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper can't run it. Oathbreaker is viable in the same way Commander is, though the faster pace of that format slightly dulls the payoff.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.55 bulk tier

At $0.55, Dregs of Sorrow sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuinely useful Commander card. That price is unlikely to move much — it does something powerful but narrow enough that demand stays modest, which means you can pick up copies without any urgency.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.