---
name: "Go for the Throat"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "201★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nikola Matkovic"
oracle_id: "2f092562-9e17-43cd-aeb8-d0567f99363e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/go-for-the-throat-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Go for the Throat
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonartifact creature.

> *"Pray that night is upon us, for if this twilight is the work of the Necrons, we are all dead men."
—Address by Lieutenant Krakow prior to the Bloodmoon Massacres*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bilbo's Deadly Slice](/printing/bilbos-deadly-slice-hob.md) — Instant
2. [Eviscerate](/printing/eviscerate-dom.md) — Sorcery
3. [Cast Down](/printing/cast-down-prm.md) — Instant
4. [Murder](/printing/murder-znc.md) — Instant
5. [Hand of Death](/printing/hand-of-death-s99.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hideous End](/printing/hideous-end-zen.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #201★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nikola Matkovic
- **Total Printings:** 83 across all historical editions

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