---
name: "Hero's Demise"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "69ec0b59-a0aa-4878-a3b3-130cea18fee0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heros-demise-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hero's Demise
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target legendary creature.

> *« Que lira-t-on sur nos tombes, seigneur Konda ? Que nous avons sauvé notre monde de forces immortelles ou que nous avons été écrasés par notre propre arrogance ? Je m'interroge à chaque nouvelle défaite. »
—Sensei Hisoka, lettre au seigneur Konda*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hero's Downfall](/printing/heros-downfall-fdn.md) — Instant
2. [Cast Down](/printing/cast-down-prm.md) — Instant
3. [Finishing Blow](/printing/finishing-blow-m21.md) — Instant
4. [Bilbo's Deadly Slice](/printing/bilbos-deadly-slice-hob.md) — Instant
5. [Murder](/printing/murder-znc.md) — Instant
6. [Dark Betrayal](/printing/dark-betrayal-pio.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #68
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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