---
name: "Murderous Rider // Swift End"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B} // {1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Knight // Instant — Adventure"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Lifelink"]
set: "MOC"
set_name: "March of the Machine Commander"
collector_number: "258"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Josh Hass"
oracle_id: "1080c5b5-6651-4c6a-93e6-099fbe389e26"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/murderous-rider-swift-end-moc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Murderous Rider // Swift End
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B} // {1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Knight // Instant — Adventure
- **Keywords:** Lifelink

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fell Horseman // Deathly Ride](/printing/fell-horseman-deathly-ride-woe.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight // Sorcery — Adventure
2. [Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor](/printing/smitten-swordmaster-curry-favor-moc.md) — Creature — Human Knight // Sorcery — Adventure
3. [Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight](/printing/foulmire-knight-profane-insight-moc.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight // Instant — Adventure
4. [Headless Horseman](/printing/headless-horseman-leg.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight
5. [Escaped Null](/printing/escaped-null-roe.md) — Creature — Zombie Berserker
6. [Cavalier of Night](/printing/cavalier-of-night-m20.md) — Creature — Elemental Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #258
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Josh Hass

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-10-04)* If you cast an adventurer card as an Adventure, use only its alternative characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast that spell. For example, if Giant Killer is exiled with the last ability of Vivien, Champion of the Wilds, you can't cast it as Chop Down.
- *(2019-10-04)* If the target creature or planeswalker is an illegal target by the time Swift End tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't lose 2 life or exile Swift End. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do lose 2 life and exile Swift End.
- *(2019-10-04)* Casting a card as an Adventure isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to the Adventure.
- *(2019-10-04)* If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative Adventure name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.
- *(2019-10-04)* When casting a spell as an Adventure, use the alternative characteristics and ignore all of the card's normal characteristics. The spell's color, mana cost, mana value, and so on are determined by only those alternative characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.
- *(2019-10-04)* You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions for the permanent spell you cast from exile. Normally, you'll be able to cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.