---
name: "Seize the Soul"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Haunt"]
set: "GPT"
set_name: "Guildpact"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Aleksi Briclot"
oracle_id: "91557f08-15b1-4e3e-90fd-cec35ed0868a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/seize-the-soul-gpt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Seize the Soul
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Haunt

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)
When the creature this card haunts dies, destroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Beckon Apparition](/printing/beckon-apparition-uma.md) — Instant
2. [Belfry Spirit](/printing/belfry-spirit-gpt.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Haunted Dead](/printing/haunted-dead-emn.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Soul Rend](/printing/soul-rend-mir.md) — Instant
5. [Afterlife](/printing/afterlife-vma.md) — Instant
6. [Orzhov Euthanist](/printing/orzhov-euthanist-gpt.md) — Creature — Human Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guildpact (GPT) #61
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Aleksi Briclot
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`