Join the Dead

one generic mana one black mana Instant

Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Descend 4 — That creature gets -10/-10 until end of turn instead if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard.

The more creatures that plunge to their deaths in the abyss, the more angry Echoes that arise to drag others down.

Showing The Lost Caverns of Ixalan#110

Price

0.18 $

Foil 0.25 $

8 printings

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2023-11-10
Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
2023-11-10
Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.