---
name: "Excommunicate"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "M10"
set_name: "Magic 2010"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "6c2cf22e-5dbb-4fa9-8ece-17069e6f1d7f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/excommunicate-m10"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Excommunicate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

> *"Our law prohibits capital punishment. We believe even the gravest offenders have the chance to redeem themselves."
—Torian Sha, soul warden*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Banishment Decree](/printing/banishment-decree-mbs.md) — Instant
2. [Repel](/printing/repel-ody.md) — Instant
3. [Time Ebb](/printing/time-ebb-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Forced Retreat](/printing/forced-retreat-me3.md) — Sorcery
5. [Isolation at Orthanc](/printing/isolation-at-orthanc-ltr.md) — Instant
6. [Whisk Away](/printing/whisk-away-frf.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2010 (M10) #10
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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