---
name: "This Is How It Ends"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "675"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eliz Roxs"
oracle_id: "53467cf4-5db2-4b9c-af2b-03b044c558cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/this-is-how-it-ends-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# This Is How It Ends
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library, then faces a villainous choice — They lose 5 life, or they shuffle another creature they own into their library.

> *"There's a gravestone here for someone with the same name as me."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The End](/printing/the-end-pwoe.md) — Instant
2. [The Spot's Portal](/printing/the-spots-portal-om1.md) — Instant
3. [Shredder's Revenge](/printing/shredders-revenge-tmt.md) — Sorcery
4. [Misleading Motes](/printing/misleading-motes-woe.md) — Instant
5. [Oust](/printing/oust-roe.md) — Sorcery
6. [Remorseless Punishment](/printing/remorseless-punishment-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #675
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eliz Roxs
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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