---
name: "Murderous Cut"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Delve"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "KTK-81"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Yohann Schepacz"
oracle_id: "c0ce7d5a-68fd-41f3-b5ba-a1a178cee9ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/murderous-cut-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Murderous Cut
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Delve

## Oracle Text
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Destroy target creature.

> *The blades of a Sultai assassin stab like the fangs of a dragon.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Death Rattle](/printing/death-rattle-fut.md) — Instant
2. [Shambling Attendants](/printing/shambling-attendants-ktk.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Delve too Deep](/printing/delve-too-deep-unk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Magmatic Sinkhole](/printing/magmatic-sinkhole-h1r.md) — Instant
5. [Empty the Pits](/printing/empty-the-pits-ktk.md) — Instant
6. [Dead Drop](/printing/dead-drop-ktk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #KTK-81
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Yohann Schepacz
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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