---
name: "Life // Death"
mana_cost: "{G} // {1}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery // Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "APC"
set_name: "Apocalypse"
collector_number: "130"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "d476f4b3-db63-4756-ab76-4b35f63c2825"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/life-death-apc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Life // Death
- **Mana Cost:** `{G} // {1}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery // Sorcery

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grapple with Death](/printing/grapple-with-death-sos.md) — Sorcery
2. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-j22.md) — Sorcery
3. [Death's Caress](/printing/deaths-caress-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Death Grasp](/printing/death-grasp-apc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Debt to the Deathless](/printing/debt-to-the-deathless-rvr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mortality Spear](/printing/mortality-spear-stx.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Apocalypse (APC) #130
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 12 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`