---
name: "Parting Thoughts"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PZ2"
set_name: "Treasure Chest"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "57fd34d3-3e30-4467-bace-3f4dc2a85c80"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/parting-thoughts-pz2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Parting Thoughts
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

> *"To spend your life seeking, only to find regret upon achieving ... this is the most delicious irony of all."
—Leshrac, Walker of Night*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deadly Embrace](/printing/deadly-embrace-fin.md) — Sorcery
2. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-j22.md) — Sorcery
3. [Eventide's Shadow](/printing/eventides-shadow-ecc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Heartless Act](/printing/heartless-act-iko.md) — Instant
5. [Tormented Thoughts](/printing/tormented-thoughts-jou.md) — Sorcery
6. [Minions' Murmurs](/printing/minions-murmurs-tsr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Treasure Chest (PZ2) #19
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`