---
name: "Fake Your Own Death"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Treasure"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Monztre"
oracle_id: "ad01df89-29fe-44c7-a133-91425f8ff09c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fake-your-own-death-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fake Your Own Death
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Treasure

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

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4. [Undercity Scrounger](/printing/undercity-scrounger-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Common Crook](/printing/common-crook-msc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue Villain
6. [Demonic Gifts](/printing/demonic-gifts-khm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #79
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Monztre
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-04-29)* The Treasure token is created by the creature's controller, who may be different from Fake Your Own Death's controller and may be different from the creature's owner.
- *(2022-04-29)* If the target creature is a token, the ability still triggers when it dies. Its controller won't return the token to the battlefield, but they will creature a Treasure token.