---
name: "Descent into Avernus"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Treasure"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2176"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Stephen Andrade"
oracle_id: "1313da2f-92bb-4862-9153-373972cc1520"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/descent-into-avernus-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Descent into Avernus
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Treasure

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on this enchantment. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and this enchantment deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on this enchantment.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Death to Our Enemies](/printing/death-to-our-enemies-msh.md) — Enchantment — Plan
2. [Spiteful Banditry](/printing/spiteful-banditry-ltr.md) — Enchantment
3. [Enterprising Scallywag](/printing/enterprising-scallywag-lci.md) — Creature — Goblin Pirate
4. [Descent into Madness](/printing/descent-into-madness-avr.md) — Enchantment
5. [Precipitous Drop](/printing/precipitous-drop-afr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Cataclysmic Prospecting](/printing/cataclysmic-prospecting-otc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2176
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Stephen Andrade
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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