---
name: "Execute"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Gary Ruddell"
oracle_id: "24d2cbf6-6268-4da3-8413-6c76679576fe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/execute-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Execute
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target white creature. It can't be regenerated.
Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Rend](/printing/soul-rend-mir.md) — Instant
2. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-ema.md) — Instant
3. [Virtue's Ruin](/printing/virtues-ruin-por.md) — Sorcery
4. [Slay](/printing/slay-dde.md) — Instant
5. [Dark Banishing](/printing/dark-banishing-tpr.md) — Instant
6. [Kill! Destroy!](/printing/kill-destroy-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #128
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Gary Ruddell

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