Beneath The Surface (2)

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Name	Beneath The Surface (2)
Type	Necromancer defense reaction
Description	Watery Grave While this is defending, when it's put into your graveyard from the arena, turn it face-down.
Set	Compendium of Rathe #PEN158
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About Beneath The Surface (2)

Beneath The Surface (2), Necromancer defense reaction, designed by None first released in Feb, 2026 in the set Compendium of Rathe. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 0.46.

**Beneath the Surface (Red)** is mainly useful in a **Necromancer deck that actively wants cards face‑down in the graveyard as a resource**, such as lists that recur, count, banish, or transform face‑down cards for value; its *Watery Grave* clause helps protect key pieces from opposing graveyard disruption and may enable specific class synergies tied to face‑down cards. However, as a **2-cost defense reaction**, it is relatively inefficient unless it blocks for a premium rate or has additional synergy payoff, meaning more streamlined defensive options (like zero‑ or one‑cost defense reactions that block efficiently or provide extra utility) will usually be better in tempo-focused builds. If your Necromancer strategy specifically rewards turning cards face‑down in graveyard, it can be a niche inclusion; otherwise, more generically powerful defense reactions would likely outperform it, so it should only see play in synergy-heavy graveyard builds rather than standard defensive shells.