---
name: "Dead Ringers"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "APC"
set_name: "Apocalypse"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "fb34e487-f7a9-48ad-8f42-00295a80a160"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dead-ringers-apc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dead Ringers
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy two target nonblack creatures unless either one is a color the other isn't. They can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant
2. [Dark Banishing](/printing/dark-banishing-ptc.md) — Instant
3. [Hand of Death](/printing/hand-of-death-s99.md) — Sorcery
4. [Plague Spores](/printing/plague-spores-inv.md) — Sorcery
5. [Kill! Destroy!](/printing/kill-destroy-unh.md) — Instant
6. [Wicked Pact](/printing/wicked-pact-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Apocalypse (APC) #37
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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