---
name: "Public Execution"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M13"
set_name: "Magic 2013"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anthony Palumbo"
oracle_id: "6125f993-970c-469a-b557-23d4dc6684f4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/public-execution-m13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Public Execution
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature an opponent controls. Each other creature that player controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

> *Der Henker musste nicht sprechen, damit die Dorfbewohner ihn verstanden.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deadly Embrace](/printing/deadly-embrace-fin.md) — Sorcery
2. [Swift Demise](/printing/swift-demise-tmc.md) — Instant
3. [Make Obsolete](/printing/make-obsolete-klr.md) — Instant
4. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-j22.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sip of Hemlock](/printing/sip-of-hemlock-ths.md) — Sorcery
6. [Finishing Blow](/printing/finishing-blow-m21.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2013 (M13) #105
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anthony Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 15 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`