---
name: "Death in the Family"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Justyna Dura"
oracle_id: "f599471a-31a6-4fb0-bf27-c5b707e1db6a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/death-in-the-family-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Death in the Family
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature with mana value 3 or less.

> *Often enemies, always brothers . . . till the end.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grotesque Demise](/printing/grotesque-demise-rna.md) — Instant
2. [Reaver Ambush](/printing/reaver-ambush-rix.md) — Instant
3. [Eliminate](/printing/eliminate-m21.md) — Instant
4. [Final Death](/printing/final-death-thb.md) — Instant
5. [Epic Downfall](/printing/epic-downfall-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Reave Soul](/printing/reave-soul-ima.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #61
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Justyna Dura
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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