---
name: "Stroke of Midnight"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Julia Metzger"
oracle_id: "9a107e48-3d50-4941-95b1-10f2b29a4245"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stroke-of-midnight-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stroke of Midnight
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Secure the Scene](/printing/secure-the-scene-m21.md) — Sorcery
2. [Harsh Annotation](/printing/harsh-annotation-sos.md) — Instant
3. [Reduce to Memory](/printing/reduce-to-memory-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Beast Within](/printing/beast-within-msc.md) — Instant
5. [Emergency Eject](/printing/emergency-eject-eoe.md) — Instant
6. [Dogged Hunter](/printing/dogged-hunter-ody.md) — Creature — Human Nomad

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #132
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Julia Metzger

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-09-01)* If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Stroke of Midnight tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player creates a Human token. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does create a Human token.