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Dead Drop

Black

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Dead Drop, Khans of Tarkir printing
Khans of Tarkir KTK · No. 67 2014-09-26

Card text

{9}{B}
Sorcery
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Target player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.
Keywords: Delve
Got a diving lesson —Sultai expression meaning "was fed to the crocodiles"
EDHREC rank #18607 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Dead Drop doesn't target any creature. The target player could sacrifice a creature with hexproof, for example.

2014-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

The target player chooses which creatures they will sacrifice as Dead Drop resolves. If the player controls only one creature at that time, they will sacrifice it.

2014-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

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