The Abyss
Legends (LEG) #120 · Rare · World Enchantment
Mana cost: {3}{B}
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, destroy target nonartifact creature that player controls of their choice. It can't be regenerated.
"An immense river of oblivion is sweeping us away into a nameless abyss." —Ernest Renan, *Souvenirs d'Enfance et de Jeunesse*
Illustrated by Pete Venters · Released June 1, 1994 · On the Reserved List
Prices
- Nonfoil: $698.70 USD · €667.95 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: unchanged at $698.70 USD.
Printings
- Magic Online Promos #46938 (PRM) · Rare · 2014
- Masters Edition III #77 (ME3) · Rare · 2009
- Legends #120 (this printing) · Rare · 1994 · $698.70 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — The controller of The Abyss controls the ability, but the current player chooses what gets destroyed.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — This has the supertype world. When a world permanent enters, any world permanents that were already on the battlefield are put into their owners' graveyards. This is a state-based action called the "world rule." The new world permanent stays on the battlefield. If two world permanents enter at the same time, they're both put into their owners' graveyards.