---
name: "Bitter Downfall"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOC"
set_name: "The Hobbit Eternal"
collector_number: "185"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Di Giovanni"
oracle_id: "19c22e08-29b6-4b3d-bf6e-28a5add620bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bitter-downfall-hoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bitter Downfall
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a creature that was dealt damage this turn.
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

> *「フロドから指輪を奪おうとしてしまった。すまなかった。その報いを受けたのだ。」
――ボロミア*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bitter Triumph](/printing/bitter-triumph-lci.md) — Instant
2. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
3. [Hero's Downfall](/printing/heros-downfall-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Foolish Fate](/printing/foolish-fate-sos.md) — Instant
5. [Bouncer's Beatdown](/printing/bouncers-beatdown-snc.md) — Instant
6. [Dismember](/printing/dismember-sld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #185
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Di Giovanni
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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