---
name: "Smite the Deathless"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "HOC"
set_name: "The Hobbit Eternal"
collector_number: "202"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alexander Mokhov"
oracle_id: "37994591-3494-4314-a7da-49c112b0866f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smite-the-deathless-hoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Smite the Deathless
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Smite the Deathless deals 3 damage to target creature. That creature loses indestructible until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

> *„Ein lebender Mann bin ich nicht!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Sear](/printing/soul-sear-j25.md) — Instant
2. [Burn from Within](/printing/burn-from-within-psoi.md) — Sorcery
3. [Elspeth's Smite](/printing/elspeths-smite-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Withstand Death](/printing/withstand-death-som.md) — Instant
5. [Annihilating Fire](/printing/annihilating-fire-rtr.md) — Instant
6. [Hour of Devastation](/printing/hour-of-devastation-akr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #202
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alexander Mokhov
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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