---
name: "Join the Dead"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Descend"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "110"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Olivier Bernard"
oracle_id: "b153fc70-0312-4856-befd-bb6b9a04a26e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/join-the-dead-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Join the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Descend

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Descend 4 — That creature gets -10/-10 until end of turn instead if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard.

> *Più sono le creature che trovano la morte negli abissi, più sono gli Echi iracondi che ne emergono per portarne altre con sé.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Festive Funeral](/printing/festive-funeral-eld.md) — Instant
2. [Stinging Cave Crawler](/printing/stinging-cave-crawler-lci.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
3. [Death Wind](/printing/death-wind-avr.md) — Instant
4. [Undead Executioner](/printing/undead-executioner-avr.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Chupacabra Echo](/printing/chupacabra-echo-lci.md) — Creature — Beast Horror Spirit
6. [Tragic Slip](/printing/tragic-slip-dka.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #110
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Olivier Bernard
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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