Ramses Overdark
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
: Destroy target enchanted creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $43.33
- EDHREC rank
- #26493
Ramses Overdark kills any enchanted creature for free, on command, at instant speed — the entire game plan is stapling Auras onto opposing threats and then cashing them in as removal. The cost is a five-mana 4/3 with no protection, so it dies before it ever activates if opponents see it coming.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ramses Overdark is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its practical home is Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, a five-mana creature that requires setup before it does anything meaningful can't compete with the format's removal density and combo speed. Commander is where the card earns its keep: multiplayer tables give you multiple enchanted creatures to target, the activation is free once Ramses is on board, and Dimir has no shortage of enchantment support to load up opponents' permanents. Oathbreaker is a reasonable fringe option if you can pair Ramses Overdark with an Aura-fetching signature spell, but the 20-life format makes closing out games faster and harder for a slow engine piece.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
The closest budget stand-in is Pharika's Libation or Aura Thief — neither replicates Ramses Overdark's repeatable instant-speed activation, but Aura Thief steals all enchantments when it dies, which can generate comparable card advantage in the right shell. If the specific appeal is enchantment-based removal, Kenrith's Transformation and Imprisoned in the Moon do the enchanting half for under a dollar each and leave opposing commanders stranded, though they don't chain into each other the way Ramses does.
Price Context
Current price
$43.33 premium tier
At $43.33, Ramses Overdark sits firmly in the premium tier — a price driven almost entirely by Reserved List scarcity rather than format ubiquity. It holds value because supply cannot increase, but that same scarcity means you're paying a collector's premium on a card that sees narrow competitive play.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.