---
name: "Putrefy"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "ECC"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "9b271430-f53d-42d6-a547-2f286dd9bcb6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/putrefy-ecc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Putrefy
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flesh to Dust](/printing/flesh-to-dust-ori.md) — Instant
2. [Purge](/printing/purge-td2.md) — Instant
3. [Terminate](/printing/terminate-msc.md) — Instant
4. [Oxidize](/printing/oxidize-dst.md) — Instant
5. [Pillage](/printing/pillage-mh1.md) — Sorcery
6. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-ema.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) #131
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2006-02-01)* This spell isn't modal. When it resolves, it will destroy the target if it's a creature or an artifact, even if it changed from one to the other between targeting and resolution.