---
name: "Lethal Throwdown"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Aaron J. Riley"
oracle_id: "4ab565bb-3188-4d23-93d8-5de67fc0d056"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lethal-throwdown-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lethal Throwdown
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or sacrifice a modified creature. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. If the modified creature was sacrificed, draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Bone Shards](/printing/bone-shards-mh2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Tormented Thoughts](/printing/tormented-thoughts-jou.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #99
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Aaron J. Riley
- **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: `not_legal`