---
name: "Harsh Annotation"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Liiga Smilshkalne"
oracle_id: "1657be64-b38f-4074-a743-bf558dc57901"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/harsh-annotation-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Harsh Annotation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

> *「私なら最初からやり直すと思う。」
――シルバークイルの卒業生、フェリーサ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inkling Summoning](/printing/inkling-summoning-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Stroke of Midnight](/printing/stroke-of-midnight-woe.md) — Instant
3. [Afterlife](/printing/afterlife-vma.md) — Instant
4. [Eager Glyphmage](/printing/eager-glyphmage-sos.md) — Creature — Cat Cleric
5. [Umbral Juke](/printing/umbral-juke-stx.md) — Instant
6. [Blot Out the Sky](/printing/blot-out-the-sky-stx.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #18
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Liiga Smilshkalne
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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