---
name: "Extinguish the Light"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ekaterina Burmak"
oracle_id: "6dbef43d-40d3-4894-86a5-d31a5026604e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/extinguish-the-light-dmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Extinguish the Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. If its mana value was 3 or less, you gain 3 life.

> *Jaya did not want to die, but of all the things to die for, Dominaria felt right.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eliminate](/printing/eliminate-m21.md) — Instant
2. [Breathe Your Last](/printing/breathe-your-last-mh3.md) — Instant
3. [Sephiroth's Intervention](/printing/sephiroths-intervention-fin.md) — Instant
4. [Dark Offering](/printing/dark-offering-s99.md) — Sorcery
5. [Lich's Caress](/printing/lichs-caress-m19.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mage Hunters' Onslaught](/printing/mage-hunters-onslaught-stx.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United (DMU) #94
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ekaterina Burmak
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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