---
name: "Hideous End"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DDE"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "f1eafb69-e7c0-4a22-9e73-6bc32168a7c5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hideous-end-dde"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hideous End
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonblack creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

> *Death is a generous author, always willing to grant a stirring final chapter.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hand of Death](/printing/hand-of-death-s99.md) — Sorcery
2. [Reckless Spite](/printing/reckless-spite-inv.md) — Instant
3. [Vendetta](/printing/vendetta-roe.md) — Instant
4. [Sip of Hemlock](/printing/sip-of-hemlock-ths.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dark Offering](/printing/dark-offering-s99.md) — Sorcery
6. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition (DDE) #26
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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