---
name: "Eliminate the Competition"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "KLD"
set_name: "Kaladesh"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joseph Meehan"
oracle_id: "26e549c0-a08b-475b-9138-6dde175cdf55"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/eliminate-the-competition-kld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Eliminate the Competition
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice X creatures.
Destroy X target creatures.

> *Las hostilidades abiertas están totalmente prohibidas en la Feria de Inventores, pero los "accidentes" siguen teniendo lugar.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
2. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Fatal Grudge](/printing/fatal-grudge-snc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery
5. [Overwhelming Forces](/printing/overwhelming-forces-otp.md) — Sorcery
6. [Cruel Edict](/printing/cruel-edict-10e.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaladesh (KLD) #78
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joseph Meehan
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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