---
name: "Contract Killing"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Treasure"]
set: "J25"
set_name: "Foundations Jumpstart"
collector_number: "413"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Winona Nelson"
oracle_id: "a7a0e473-77c1-4a85-b6d7-b0dfdadb696f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contract-killing-j25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Contract Killing
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Treasure

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. Create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

> *Wenn die Bezahlung stimmt, kann ein Pirat im Hafen am Ende der Welt alles bekommen: ein Bett, ein Bier und den Kopf seines Widersachers.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Bounty](/printing/grim-bounty-hbg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Blood Money](/printing/blood-money-clb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Deadly Derision](/printing/deadly-derision-mom.md) — Instant
4. [Common Crook](/printing/common-crook-spm.md) — Creature — Human Rogue Villain
5. [Wanted Scoundrels](/printing/wanted-scoundrels-xln.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
6. [Pitiless Plunderer](/printing/pitiless-plunderer-j25.md) — Creature — Human Pirate

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #413
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Winona Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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