---
name: "To the Slaughter"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Delirium"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "139"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christine Choi"
oracle_id: "518cf9ce-14aa-4f51-81bf-f8c2692a4244"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/to-the-slaughter-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# To the Slaughter
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Delirium

## Oracle Text
Target player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead that player sacrifices a creature and a planeswalker of their choice.

> *「あの霊糸っ子、どこ行っちまったんだ？」 ――ガツタフの羊飼い、サニアル*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Diabolic Edict](/printing/diabolic-edict-wc99.md) — Instant
2. [Sacrifice Play](/printing/sacrifice-play-ust.md) — Instant
3. [Urborg Justice](/printing/urborg-justice-wth.md) — Instant
4. [Angrath's Rampage](/printing/angraths-rampage-war.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sheoldred's Edict](/printing/sheoldreds-edict-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Geth's Verdict](/printing/geths-verdict-nph.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #139
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christine Choi
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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