---
name: "Death's Approach"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Terese Nielsen"
oracle_id: "7a1798d3-33fb-4092-a843-45a25f3b4e82"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deaths-approach-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Death's Approach
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -X/-X, where X is the number of creature cards in its controller's graveyard.

> *「墳墓內很冷，死者渴求你的溫暖。你憑什麼拒絕它們？」 ～底密爾法師絲查娃*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fear of Death](/printing/fear-of-death-dbl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Screams from Within](/printing/screams-from-within-soc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Animate Dead](/printing/animate-dead-2ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Animate Graveyard](/printing/animate-graveyard-unf.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Dead Weight](/printing/dead-weight-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Curse of Death's Hold](/printing/curse-of-deaths-hold-isd.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #62
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Terese Nielsen
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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