---
name: "Anguished Unmaking"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "293"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wesley Burt"
oracle_id: "ad09b3c3-c8e7-481c-8c45-e7f234935117"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/anguished-unmaking-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Anguished Unmaking
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Utter End](/printing/utter-end-dsc.md) — Instant
2. [Unmake](/printing/unmake-ddk.md) — Instant
3. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
4. [Inevitable Defeat](/printing/inevitable-defeat-tdm.md) — Instant
5. [Introduction to Annihilation](/printing/introduction-to-annihilation-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
6. [March of Wretched Sorrow](/printing/march-of-wretched-sorrow-neo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #293
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wesley Burt

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-04-12)* If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target as Anguished Unmaking tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't lose 3 life.