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◇ Catalog #249

Death Grasp

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#249·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Raymond Swanland

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,307 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.06

Nonfoil$0.06

Gameplay

Sorcery

Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life.

Plate mail, the skin of the chest, the rib cage, the heart—all useless against the mage who can reach directly for the soul.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #249 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black/white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {X}{W}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #14,307 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Raymond Swanland. Rarix catalogs 886 other cards credited to this artist.