---
name: "Strangling Soot"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TSR"
set_name: "Time Spiral Remastered"
collector_number: "140"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jim Murray"
oracle_id: "6c9d3ad0-1ede-41de-a1b4-15de9c728216"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/strangling-soot-tsr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Strangling Soot
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature with toughness 3 or less.
Flashback {5}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

> *「息の続かぬ者の刃など何の役に立つのだ？」
――ガーサの大将軍、グレット*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reave Soul](/printing/reave-soul-ima.md) — Sorcery
2. [Vanquish the Weak](/printing/vanquish-the-weak-mom.md) — Instant
3. [Ritual of Soot](/printing/ritual-of-soot-pgrn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Crippling Fatigue](/printing/crippling-fatigue-tor.md) — Sorcery
5. [Reaver Ambush](/printing/reaver-ambush-rix.md) — Instant
6. [Grotesque Demise](/printing/grotesque-demise-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #140
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jim Murray
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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