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Gift of Doom

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has deathtouch and indestructible.
Morph—Sacrifice another creature. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
As this Aura is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2019
Price
$5.03
EDHREC rank
#6173
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Gift of Doom card art
Gift of Doom puts indestructible and deathtouch on any creature for free — the morph clause means you can attach it at instant speed without paying the equip cost, which is the whole reason to run it over a simple protection spell. Engines like Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer that already want a face-down permanent in play turn Gift of Doom into a zero-mana combat shield, and any creature that pings for damage, like Deathbringer Thoctar, becomes a removal machine the moment it picks up deathtouch.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

74.3% of decks · synergy 0.72

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wants morphs in play to draw cards, and Gift of Doom is itself a morph — so it enters face-down for free off Kadena's cost reduction, then gets sacrificed to pay its own attach cost, protecting your most threatening creature at zero mana.

02
Eriette, the Beguiler

Eriette, the Beguiler

49.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Eriette, the Beguiler's gameplan involves leaving creatures tapped and stealing resources over time, which means your own creatures need to survive the counterattack — Gift of Doom's indestructible makes your key pieces effectively unkillable through combat and most removal.

03
Kelsien, the Plague

Kelsien, the Plague

47.6% of decks · synergy 0.47

Kelsien, the Plague taps to deal one damage to any creature, and deathtouch from Gift of Doom turns that single ping into a repeatable removal trigger — any creature Kelsien touches dies, making him a one-sided board control engine.

04
Missy

Missy

19.6% of decks · synergy 0.19

Missy's ability cares about disguise and face-down creatures, and Gift of Doom slots cleanly into that mechanic as a morph piece that doubles as a protection spell once it's no longer needed as a body.

05
Horobi, Death's Wail

Horobi, Death's Wail

16.9% of decks · synergy 0.16

Horobi, Death's Wail makes every targeting effect a kill spell, and Gift of Doom is targeted — attaching it to any creature you control will destroy that creature under Horobi, which requires careful sequencing but also enables deliberate sacrifice triggers on demand.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Gift of Doom earns its slot — the morph-attach clause converts a face-down permanent you already wanted into free indestructible and deathtouch, and those keywords at no additional mana cost are hard to match at any price. In Legacy and Vintage, Gift of Doom is technically legal but competes against faster, more broken protection options and sees essentially no play. Commander is the correct format for this card, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Canopy Cover and Swiftfoot Boots each protect a creature for under $1, but neither grants deathtouch — they cover the protection angle and miss the threat-multiplier half of what Gift of Doom does. If the deathtouch is the priority, Aspect of Mongoose or Basilisk Collar get close for cheap, though neither replicates the instant-speed free attach that makes Gift of Doom genuinely unique.

Price Context

Current price

$5.03 mid tier

At $5.03, Gift of Doom sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough to notice in a budget build, but not a barrier for anyone putting together a focused Commander deck. It holds value because the morph-attach mechanic is unique enough that no strict reprint replaces it, keeping demand steady across morph and voltron shells.

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