Plumb the Forbidden
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and lose 1 life.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2021-04-16
If you copy Plumb the Forbidden multiple times, each magecraft ability of a creature you control will trigger that many times.
- 2021-04-16
If you sacrifice a creature with a magecraft ability to cast Plumb the Forbidden, that creature's ability will not trigger.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Plumb the Forbidden, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatterfang, Squirrel General | 1 | 0 | — |
| Marrow-Gnawer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Totentanz, Swarm Piper | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Golgari 1 deck
- Rakdos 1 deck
Every version of Plumb the Forbidden
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $3.70
- Foil
- $4.62

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Normal
- $0.37

- Normal
- $0.50

- Normal
- $0.64
- Foil
- $1.31
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Plumb the Forbidden — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.