---
name: "Afterlife"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brian Snõddy"
oracle_id: "4c13e2b5-961a-4031-84b1-15bd19b94286"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/afterlife-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Afterlife
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of Souls](/printing/march-of-souls-pls.md) — Sorcery
2. [Doomed Traveler](/printing/doomed-traveler-ima.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Funeral Pyre](/printing/funeral-pyre-jud.md) — Instant
4. [Afterlife Insurance](/printing/afterlife-insurance-clu.md) — Instant
5. [Field of Souls](/printing/field-of-souls-ema.md) — Enchantment
6. [Knight of the Last Breath](/printing/knight-of-the-last-breath-moc.md) — Creature — Giant Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #10
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brian Snõddy
- **Total Printings:** 30 across all historical editions

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