---
name: "Nightmare Unmaking"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "253"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Izzy"
oracle_id: "285fecb7-f872-454d-ac2f-bc5615c70cd8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nightmare-unmaking-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nightmare Unmaking
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Exile each creature with power greater than the number of cards in your hand.
• Exile each creature with power less than the number of cards in your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Expel the Interlopers](/printing/expel-the-interlopers-woe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Epic Downfall](/printing/epic-downfall-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mandate of Abaddon](/printing/mandate-of-abaddon-40k.md) — Sorcery
4. [Forced March](/printing/forced-march-mmq.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fell the Mighty](/printing/fell-the-mighty-sld.md) — Sorcery
6. [Shadows' Verdict](/printing/shadows-verdict-pznr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #253
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Izzy
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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