---
name: "Breeding Pit"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DVD"
set_name: "Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Adrian Smith"
oracle_id: "ddc83b35-cf7c-495b-bd30-e409b622e299"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/breeding-pit-dvd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Breeding Pit
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {B}{B}.
At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blood Pet](/printing/blood-pet-7ed.md) — Creature — Thrull
2. [Basal Thrull](/printing/basal-thrull-me1.md) — Creature — Thrull
3. [Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder](/printing/endrek-sahr-master-breeder-cmm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Carrier Thrall](/printing/carrier-thrall-cmm.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Blood Vassal](/printing/blood-vassal-usg.md) — Creature — Thrull
6. [The Sibsig Ceremony](/printing/the-sibsig-ceremony-tdm.md) — Legendary Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic (DVD) #53
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Adrian Smith

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* Breeding Pit must actually be on the battlefield at the beginning of the endstep in order for you to get a Thrull. The getting of the Thrull is not part of paying the upkeep, it is part of having the card on the battlefield.