---
name: "Introduction to Annihilation"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "60e36f86-e284-468e-8073-07f19a3ed65e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/introduction-to-annihilation-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Introduction to Annihilation
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller draws a card.

> *« Je n'ai jamais vu un étudiant échouer d'une façon aussi spectaculaire. Un véritable potentiel à exploiter. »
—Hostram, professeur d'arcanochimie*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scour from Existence](/printing/scour-from-existence-bfz.md) — Instant
2. [Anguished Unmaking](/printing/anguished-unmaking-otp.md) — Instant
3. [Utter End](/printing/utter-end-c16.md) — Instant
4. [Sudden Disappearance](/printing/sudden-disappearance-dka.md) — Sorcery
5. [Telim'Tor's Edict](/printing/telimtors-edict-mir.md) — Instant
6. [Banishing Light](/printing/banishing-light-scd.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #3
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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