---
name: "Unfortunate Accident"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Spree"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "111"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Josiah "Jo" Cameron"
oracle_id: "011558f3-3c23-430e-a08b-8f91238e7971"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unfortunate-accident-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unfortunate Accident
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Spree

## Oracle Text
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {2}{B} — Destroy target creature.
+ {1} — Create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "{T}: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."

> *"Looks like you've got a train to catch."
—Laughing Jasper Flint*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mourner's Surprise](/printing/mourners-surprise-otj.md) — Sorcery
2. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery
3. [Bone Splinters](/printing/bone-splinters-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Common Black Removal](/printing/common-black-removal-mb2.md) — Instant
5. [Stir Up Trouble](/printing/stir-up-trouble-hob.md) — Sorcery
6. [Umbral Juke](/printing/umbral-juke-stx.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #111
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Josiah "Jo" Cameron
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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