---
name: "Capital Punishment"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Council's dilemma"]
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lake Hurwitz"
oracle_id: "c2902f4f-b40e-49f7-8ab0-5b6a70021482"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/capital-punishment-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Capital Punishment
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Council's dilemma

## Oracle Text
Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

> *"I did offer them a choice . . ."
—Queen Marchesa*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tyrant's Choice](/printing/tyrants-choice-cns.md) — Sorcery
2. [Fateful Tempest](/printing/fateful-tempest-soc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Council's Judgment](/printing/councils-judgment-cns.md) — Sorcery
4. [Bite of the Black Rose](/printing/bite-of-the-black-rose-cns.md) — Sorcery
5. [Coercive Portal](/printing/coercive-portal-vma.md) — Artifact
6. [Expropriate](/printing/expropriate-pz2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #40
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lake Hurwitz
- **Total Printings:** 3 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`