---
name: "Deicide"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason Chan"
oracle_id: "e421d2bd-740a-40dd-8a10-205edd4991ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deicide-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Deicide
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target enchantment. If the exiled card is a God card, search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

> *"È finita." —Elspeth*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hour of Glory](/printing/hour-of-glory-hou.md) — Instant
2. [Scour](/printing/scour-bok.md) — Instant
3. [Angelic Edict](/printing/angelic-edict-j25.md) — Sorcery
4. [Eradicate](/printing/eradicate-bok.md) — Sorcery
5. [Rest in Peace](/printing/rest-in-peace-prm.md) — Enchantment
6. [Memoricide](/printing/memoricide-prm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #7
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason Chan
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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