---
name: "Premature Burial"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TSR"
set_name: "Time Spiral Remastered"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Clint Langley"
oracle_id: "78d47e49-42bf-404d-b47b-3fbea765ca9a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/premature-burial-tsr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Premature Burial
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonblack creature that entered since your last turn ended.

> *「土は死の味をよく知っている。それに生けるものの味を教えれば、恐るべき味方となるであろう。」
――暗刻教団のドルイド僧、エズリス*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cradle to Grave](/printing/cradle-to-grave-plc.md) — Instant
2. [Grave Peril](/printing/grave-peril-c15.md) — Enchantment
3. [Ghostly Visit](/printing/ghostly-visit-ptk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ghastly Demise](/printing/ghastly-demise-cmr.md) — Instant
5. [Keeper of the Dead](/printing/keeper-of-the-dead-exo.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Hand of Death](/printing/hand-of-death-s99.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #131
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Clint Langley
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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