Rain of Gore
Enchantment
If a spell or ability would cause its controller to gain life, that player loses that much life instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $9.38
- EDHREC rank
- #18582
Rain of Gore turns every lifegain trigger against its controller — whenever an opponent would gain life, they take that much damage instead, making it a hard answer to lifelink, Soul Sisters strategies, and combo-lifegain lines like Transcendence. Two mana for a symmetrical enchantment that reads 'your opponents' lifegain kills them' is an exceptional rate.
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, Rain of Gore is a surgical hate piece — it single-handedly dismantles Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, Aetherflux Reservoir loops, and any Trostani, Selesnya's Voice or Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn build that wins through lifegain. Legacy and Vintage both have enough lifegain interaction — Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath, Swords to Plowshares, Deathrite Shaman — that Rain of Gore occasionally shows up in sideboards, though the narrow axis limits it to tech slots. Modern is where its stock drops hardest: most lifegain synergy decks are proactive enough that a two-mana enchantment without an immediate effect gets raced before it matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Hive MindRevival // RevengeRain of Gore
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Rain of Gore's closest budget cousin is Erebos, God of the Dead, which shuts off lifegain entirely for three mana and adds an indestructible body — it costs less and does more in Commander, though it requires heavy black devotion and doesn't convert lifegain to damage the way Rain of Gore does. Everlasting Torment covers similar ground at a lower price, replacing all damage with wither and preventing life gain outright, though again it lacks the damage-redirection angle that makes Rain of Gore uniquely lethal against combo-lifegain lines.
Price Context
Current price
$9.38 mid tier
At $9.38, Rain of Gore sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that it doesn't anchor a budget build. It's a Reserved List card, so supply is fixed; the price reflects steady Commander demand from players specifically targeting lifegain strategies, and it's unlikely to drop significantly.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.