---
name: "Bilbo's Deadly Slice"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Henry Peters"
oracle_id: "4c054431-3667-4e28-9d68-03b43447c35b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bilbos-deadly-slice-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bilbo's Deadly Slice
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature.

> *Before the spider knew what was happening, it felt Bilbo's sting and rolled off the branch, dead.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Murder](/printing/murder-znc.md) — Instant
2. [Finishing Blow](/printing/finishing-blow-m21.md) — Instant
3. [Eviscerate](/printing/eviscerate-dom.md) — Sorcery
4. [Go for the Throat](/printing/go-for-the-throat-40k.md) — Instant
5. [Impale](/printing/impale-rix.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hero's Downfall](/printing/heros-downfall-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #62
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Henry Peters
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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