---
name: "Golden Demise"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Ascend"]
set: "RIX"
set_name: "Rivals of Ixalan"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Deruchenko Alexander"
oracle_id: "e4648fa3-0343-414b-b04d-07fe0d132145"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/golden-demise-rix"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Golden Demise
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Ascend

## Oracle Text
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If you have the city's blessing, instead only creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Secrets of the Golden City](/printing/secrets-of-the-golden-city-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Vona's Hunger](/printing/vonas-hunger-prix.md) — Instant
3. [Pride of Conquerors](/printing/pride-of-conquerors-rix.md) — Instant
4. [Snubhorn Sentry](/printing/snubhorn-sentry-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
5. [Dusk Charger](/printing/dusk-charger-plst.md) — Creature — Horse
6. [Twilight Prophet](/printing/twilight-prophet-mkc.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #73
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Deruchenko Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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