Underworld Connections
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
, Pay 1 life: Draw a card."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #4720
Underworld Connections turns any land into a repeatable draw engine — one card per turn, every turn, for the low cost of a tapped land and one life. The life payment and land tap are real friction, but in black's color identity that's an acceptable trade for consistent card advantage that hits the table on turn three.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Daxos the Returned
Underworld Connections is an enchantment, so every activation ticks Daxos the Returned's experience counter trigger — the card draws and simultaneously grows the spirit token payoff Daxos is built around.
Eriette of the Charmed Apple
Eriette of the Charmed Apple wants as many enchantments on the battlefield as possible to maximize her drain-and-gain effect, and Underworld Connections slots in as a permanent that pulls double duty by refilling her hand each turn.
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor needs a steady supply of Blood tokens and creatures to cheat into play, and Underworld Connections keeps the hand full so Strefan's cost-reduction ability always has targets to work with.
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 |
In Commander, Underworld Connections is a reliable role-player in any black deck that lacks access to stronger draw engines — it asks nothing of your creature base and scales across a 100-card singleton format where finding gas consistently matters. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's largely outclassed: Necropotence, Dark Confidant, and Phyrexian Arena all do more for less friction, and competitive non-rotating formats punish the one-per-turn ceiling hard. Underworld Connections is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where its enchantment subtype can matter for signature spell synergies, though the same power-level ceiling applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Underworld Connections sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if the slot is open. Bulk enchantments with narrow competitive appeal rarely spike, so there's no urgency beyond just sleeving one up.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Daxos the Returned
- Eriette of the Charmed Apple
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.