---
name: "Sudden Demise"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "E01"
set_name: "Archenemy: Nicol Bolas"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "b34b5b3f-7f17-4292-814e-634408a5d7a5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sudden-demise-e01"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sudden Demise
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a color. Sudden Demise deals X damage to each creature of the chosen color.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Searing Rays](/printing/searing-rays-inv.md) — Sorcery
2. [Delete](/printing/delete-who.md) — Sorcery
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4. [Desert Sandstorm](/printing/desert-sandstorm-ptk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Evaporate](/printing/evaporate-hml.md) — Sorcery
6. [Pigment Storm](/printing/pigment-storm-stx.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (E01) #59
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2013-10-17)* Sudden Demise will deal damage to a multicolored creature if one of its colors is the chosen color.
- *(2013-10-17)* You choose the value for X as you cast Sudden Demise. You don’t choose the color until it resolves.