Plummet
Instant
Destroy target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #12679
Plummet kills any flying threat for two mana at instant speed — clean, unconditional, and permanent. The catch is the restriction: it does exactly nothing against a ground-based threat, which makes it a sideboard card in most formats and a niche include in Commander.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Plummet competes for a removal slot against options like Beast Within and Nature's Claim that hit any permanent, so it only earns a spot in metas saturated with dragons, sphinxes, or other evasive threats. Pauper is where Plummet is most at home — flyers dominate that format's skies and the common card pool limits the alternatives, making a two-mana instant that kills any flyer genuinely efficient. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's a strict sideboard card at best, and even there more flexible answers crowd it out. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: too narrow unless the field demands it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Plummet is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common bin without looking hard. The price reflects the card's narrow use case; there's no scarcity pressure here and no reason it trends up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.