Snuff Out
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana 53 • common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
- Collector number
- 53
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Market price
- $10.12
What it does
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
"The bigger they are, the faster they rot."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Snuff Out was originally released in the 1999 Mercadian Masques expansion, designed as a black removal spell that utilized the game's life-payment mechanic to allow for casting without mana. The version featured in the 2009 Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana set was reprinted to provide necessary utility for the Liliana deck, which centered on graveyard recursion and black-aligned control strategies. This iteration maintained the original illustration by Daren Bader, whose work from that era is noted for its dark, atmospheric depiction of shadow-based magic.
The art captures a visceral sense of finality, aligning with the card's mechanical purpose of removing a non-black creature from play. Within the context of the Duel Decks series, which were curated to showcase the thematic conflict between iconic Planeswalkers, the inclusion of Snuff Out served to balance Liliana's deck against Garruk's aggressive green creatures. The card remains a significant piece of Magic: The Gathering history due to its efficiency and the lasting impact it had on competitive constructed formats.
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