---
name: "Broken Visage"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "5ED"
set_name: "Fifth Edition"
collector_number: "149"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Margaret Organ-Kean"
oracle_id: "8e1d750e-44a7-47b1-8e0a-5f8b15d48b41"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/broken-visage-5ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Broken Visage
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonartifact attacking creature. It can't be regenerated. Create a black Spirit creature token. Its power is equal to that creature's power and its toughness is equal to that creature's toughness. Sacrifice the token at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Devour in Shadow](/printing/devour-in-shadow-5dn.md) — Instant
2. [Flesh to Dust](/printing/flesh-to-dust-m15.md) — Instant
3. [Beast Within](/printing/beast-within-who.md) — Instant
4. [Afterlife](/printing/afterlife-vma.md) — Instant
5. [Terminate](/printing/terminate-dmc.md) — Instant
6. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Edition (5ED) #149
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Margaret Organ-Kean
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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