Pull Under
Instant — Arcane
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29166
Pull Under kills any nonland permanent with mana value 6 or less and puts two -1/-1 counters on anything bigger — six mana for that range of coverage is expensive, but it answers planeswalkers, artifacts, and enchantments without restriction. It's a clean catch-all in formats that lack better options, and a cut in any list that can run Vindicate or Anguished Unmaking.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pull Under competes in a crowded field of three-mana instant-speed removal, and six mana at sorcery speed is a real cost when the table can rebuild before your next turn. Pauper is its most natural home — the format's card pool is shallow enough that unconditional permanent removal at any rarity is genuinely scarce, and Pull Under earns its slot there. In Legacy and Vintage, it doesn't see play; those formats have access to far more efficient answers, and six mana doesn't get off the ground in a meaningful game state. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: the smaller starting life total and faster pace make expensive sorceries harder to justify unless the meta is full of must-answer permanents.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Pull Under is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a draft chaff pile, not a singles order. That price is stable simply because demand is low; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.