---
name: "Agonizing Demise"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "DDH"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Brill"
oracle_id: "41681a1f-0777-4b96-8c7e-d6a5d1b1c8fc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/agonizing-demise-ddh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Agonizing Demise
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If this spell was kicked, Agonizing Demise deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shivan Emissary](/printing/shivan-emissary-inv.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant
3. [Death Bomb](/printing/death-bomb-pls.md) — Instant
4. [Scorching Lava](/printing/scorching-lava-inv.md) — Instant
5. [Kill! Destroy!](/printing/kill-destroy-unh.md) — Instant
6. [Sever Soul](/printing/sever-soul-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (DDH) #66
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Brill
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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