---
name: "Smite the Monstrous"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "KTK"
set_name: "Khans of Tarkir"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "649512ed-4908-450a-9652-b2c80df5e24d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smite-the-monstrous-ktk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Smite the Monstrous
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

> *"The dragons thought they were too strong to be tamed, too large to fall. And where are they now?"
—Khibat the Revered*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Repel Calamity](/printing/repel-calamity-soa.md) — Instant
2. [Legion's Judgment](/printing/legions-judgment-m21.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sungold Barrage](/printing/sungold-barrage-dbl.md) — Instant
4. [Reprisal](/printing/reprisal-all.md) — Instant
5. [Triumphant Surge](/printing/triumphant-surge-thb.md) — Instant
6. [Destroy Evil](/printing/destroy-evil-dmu.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #24
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 58 across all historical editions

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