Agonizing Demise
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas 66 • common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
- Collector number
- 66
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mark Brill
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Kicker 1 generic mana red mana (You may pay an additional 1 generic mana red mana as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If this spell was kicked, Agonizing Demise deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Agonizing Demise was originally released in the 2001 Invasion expansion, designed to provide black-aligned decks with flexible creature removal that scales based on the target's toughness. The card reflects the set's focus on multicolored mechanics and the brewing conflict involving the Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria, capturing the visceral nature of dark magic in the game's lore through its ability to damage a player based on a creature's size.
The version included in the 2011 Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas was chosen to reinforce the deck's controlling, attrition-based strategy, contrasting with Ajani's aggressive white and green creature focus. Illustrated by Greg Staples, the artwork emphasizes the grim, lethal aesthetics characteristic of the card's theme, aiming to visualize the finality of the spell's effect within the high-stakes narrative context of the duel between the planeswalker and the elder dragon.
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