---
name: "Knife and Death"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "UNF"
set_name: "Unfinity"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Caio Monteiro"
oracle_id: "d77739a6-31f9-4d95-a145-9ee764a1c3e2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/knife-and-death-unf"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Knife and Death
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Just a second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't move permanents.)
One at a time, throw ten cards you own from outside the game onto the playing area from a distance of at least three feet (about one meter). For each of those cards, Knife and Death deals 1 damage to each creature or planeswalker you don't control that card is touching. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Touch of Death](/printing/touch-of-death-5ed.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mage Hunters' Onslaught](/printing/mage-hunters-onslaught-stx.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rain of Daggers](/printing/rain-of-daggers-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Slaying Mantis](/printing/slaying-mantis-und.md) — Creature — Insect Wrestler
5. [Deadly Embrace](/printing/deadly-embrace-fin.md) — Sorcery
6. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-j22.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unfinity (UNF) #77
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Caio Monteiro
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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