Undercity Uprising
Sorcery
Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn. Then target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #18710
Undercity Uprising gives your whole team deathtouch and fights one of their creatures — that's a mass combat trick and a removal spell stapled together for three mana. Bulk rare pricing reflects how rarely that combination is worth a card slot, but in token-heavy black-green builds it punches well above its cost.
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, Undercity Uprising earns its slot in any Golgari deck that goes wide — deathtouch on a full board forces opponents to rethink attacks, and the fight rider handles a problem creature at instant-equivalent timing for free. Outside Commander, its pauper legality is the notable data point: Golgari token shells in the format can use the mass deathtouch to alpha-strike through stalled boards in a way few three-mana sorceries enable. In Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, it's nearly invisible — those formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed fight effect that requires creatures already on board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Undercity Uprising is pure bulk — pick it up without thinking about price. Bulk commons and uncommons at this tier don't hold or lose value in any meaningful sense; it's a free inclusion if the deck wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.