---
name: "Death Wish"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff Easley"
oracle_id: "ff0ca1a4-da67-407c-a5c0-998a35eb7d8d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/death-wish-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Death Wish
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
You may put a card you own from outside the game into your hand. You lose half your life, rounded up. Exile Death Wish.

> *Il souhaita la puissance, mais pas la longévité pour en abuser.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Living Wish](/printing/living-wish-jud.md) — Sorcery
2. [Wish](/printing/wish-pafr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Burning Wish](/printing/burning-wish-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [March of Wretched Sorrow](/printing/march-of-wretched-sorrow-neo.md) — Instant
5. [Cunning Wish](/printing/cunning-wish-wc03.md) — Instant
6. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #64
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff Easley
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`