---
name: "Empty the Pits"
mana_cost: "{X}{X}{B}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Delve"]
set: "KTK"
set_name: "Khans of Tarkir"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ryan Alexander Lee"
oracle_id: "089d91cf-ed7a-4859-8967-cad975a5127e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/empty-the-pits-ktk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Empty the Pits
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{X}{B}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Delve

## Oracle Text
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Create X tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

> *萬千屍骨堆出蘇勒台的帝國重建大業。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Delve too Deep](/printing/delve-too-deep-unk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shambling Attendants](/printing/shambling-attendants-ktk.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Murderous Cut](/printing/murderous-cut-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Afterlife from the Loam](/printing/afterlife-from-the-loam-tdc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sibsig Muckdraggers](/printing/sibsig-muckdraggers-frf.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Gurmag Angler](/printing/gurmag-angler-pio.md) — Creature — Zombie Fish

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #72
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ryan Alexander Lee
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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