---
name: "Duty Beyond Death"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Zuzanna Wużyk"
oracle_id: "67e6ce99-4883-4713-9822-cb2334765b5b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/duty-beyond-death-soa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Duty Beyond Death
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy those creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dauntless Escort](/printing/dauntless-escort-2x2.md) — Creature — Rhino Soldier
2. [Mortal's Resolve](/printing/mortals-resolve-bng.md) — Instant
3. [Dauntless Bodyguard](/printing/dauntless-bodyguard-plst.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Withstand Death](/printing/withstand-death-som.md) — Instant
5. [Unrooted Ancestor](/printing/unrooted-ancestor-tdm.md) — Creature — Spirit Cleric
6. [Oblivion's Hunger](/printing/oblivions-hunger-znr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #4
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Zuzanna Wużyk
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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