---
name: "Erebos, Bleak-Hearted"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Enchantment Creature — God"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Indestructible"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "868"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chase Stone"
oracle_id: "a5690dc9-f12e-4ecc-b528-f2f83c79c3c8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/erebos-bleak-hearted-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
- **Keywords:** Indestructible

## Oracle Text
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Erebos, God of the Dead](/printing/erebos-god-of-the-dead-ths.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
2. [Erebos's Titan](/printing/ereboss-titan-ori.md) — Creature — Giant
3. [Athreos, God of Passage](/printing/athreos-god-of-passage-jou.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
4. [Bane, Lord of Darkness](/printing/bane-lord-of-darkness-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — God
5. [Popular Egotist](/printing/popular-egotist-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Erebos's Intervention](/printing/ereboss-intervention-thb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #868
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chase Stone

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-01-24)* Erebos’s last ability can target the creature you’ll sacrifice to pay its cost. In this case, the ability won’t resolve, but Erebos’s triggered ability will trigger.
- *(2020-01-24)* Counters put on a God remain on it while it’s not a creature, even if they have no effect.
- *(2020-01-24)* If one or more creatures you control die at the same time as Erebos, its triggered ability triggers for each of those creatures.
- *(2020-01-24)* Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don’t count toward your devotion to any color.
- *(2020-01-24)* If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
- *(2020-01-24)* When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.