---
name: "Mortify"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "662"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "faa01ed1-ccfa-4e58-951f-cd81f9068027"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mortify-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature or enchantment.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
2. [Murder](/printing/murder-dsk.md) — Instant
3. [Finishing Blow](/printing/finishing-blow-m21.md) — Instant
4. [Eviscerate](/printing/eviscerate-dom.md) — Sorcery
5. [Vindicate](/printing/vindicate-mh2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hero's Downfall](/printing/heros-downfall-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #662
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2006-02-01)* This spell isn't modal. When it resolves, it will destroy the target if it's a creature or an enchantment, even if it changed from one to the other between targeting and resolution.