Underworld Cerberus
Creature — Dog
This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
When this creature dies, exile it and each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #23134
Underworld Cerberus locks down graveyards entirely while swinging as a 6/4 with menace — that's a game-warping body that shuts down reanimator, flashback, and dredge strategies simultaneously. The cost is real: your own graveyard is equally locked out, and a six-mana creature with no immediate ETB means opponents get a turn to answer it before you see any value.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Underworld Cerberus earns its keep — graveyard recursion is the format's backbone, and a resolved Cerberus taxes every Muldrotha, Karador, and Araumi player at the table simultaneously. The death trigger is the real payoff in a multiplayer context, refilling your hand with every creature that died while it was watching. In competitive greyzone formats like Legacy and Vintage, it's too slow and too fair; those formats have graveyard hate that actually ends games at one or two mana. Modern and Pioneer see fringe play at best — six mana is a high ask in formats where graveyard hate like Rest in Peace already exists at a fraction of the cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Underworld Cerberus is firmly bulk — you're getting a genuinely powerful Commander staple for near-nothing, which makes it an easy include if the effect fits your deck. That price reflects casual adoption rather than competitive demand, and it's unlikely to spike without a prominent combo breakout or reprint into a precon spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.