Premature Burial
Sorcery
Destroy target nonblack creature that entered since your last turn ended.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28839
Premature Burial destroys a nonland permanent your opponent controls that entered this turn — a clean answer to any fresh threat before it gets a chance to matter. One black mana at instant speed is the right price for a removal spell this precise.
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 |
In Commander, Premature Burial fills a narrow but reliable role: it answers the freshly played commander before the opponent untaps, and one black mana leaves up enough resources to play threat-and-removal in the same turn cycle. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly more efficient removal and rarely need a conditional instant at this cost, so Premature Burial sees essentially no play there. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper don't support it legally, and in Oathbreaker the same logic as Commander applies — one mana to answer a just-dropped threat at instant speed is exactly the kind of efficiency that format rewards.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Premature Burial is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Bulk one-mana interaction rarely appreciates, so treat it as freely replaceable rather than a card to acquire in quantity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.