---
name: "Excise the Imperfect"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Incubate", "Transform"]
set: "MOC"
set_name: "March of the Machine Commander"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Denis Zhbankov"
oracle_id: "d3264482-2a5a-45e8-987f-593b8aceac12"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excise-the-imperfect-moc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Excise the Imperfect
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Incubate, Transform

## Oracle Text
Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller incubates X, where X is its mana value. (They create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

> *« Les énigmes ne sont que des diversions futiles. Phyrexia est la seule vérité. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Merciless Repurposing](/printing/merciless-repurposing-mom.md) — Instant
2. [Progenitor Exarch](/printing/progenitor-exarch-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cat Cleric
3. [Sculpted Perfection](/printing/sculpted-perfection-mom.md) — Enchantment
4. [Compleated Huntmaster](/printing/compleated-huntmaster-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Elf Warrior
5. [Sunfall](/printing/sunfall-mom.md) — Sorcery
6. [Tiller of Flesh](/printing/tiller-of-flesh-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #14
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Denis Zhbankov
- **Total Printings:** 13 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`