---
name: "Ghastly Demise"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "139"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Gary Ruddell"
oracle_id: "e02e7239-304b-4755-b913-bb65bc693e86"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ghastly-demise-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ghastly Demise
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonblack creature if its toughness is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.

> *"Cualquiera puede chasquear los dedos y arrancar un alma. Yo prefiero matar creativamente." —Trenzas, invocadora de demencia*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Keeper of the Dead](/printing/keeper-of-the-dead-exo.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Cradle to Grave](/printing/cradle-to-grave-plc.md) — Instant
3. [Grotesque Demise](/printing/grotesque-demise-rna.md) — Instant
4. [Kill! Destroy!](/printing/kill-destroy-unh.md) — Instant
5. [Hideous End](/printing/hideous-end-zen.md) — Instant
6. [Ghostly Visit](/printing/ghostly-visit-ptk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #139
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Gary Ruddell
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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