Terminate
Commander 2017 199 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Collector number
- 199
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black · Red
- Artist
- Lucas Graciano
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
All suns must set.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Terminate was first introduced as an uncommon card in the Invasion expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2000, designed as a definitive removal spell within the Grixis color identity. It embodies the 'kill spell' archetype by offering a clean, unconditional answer to a creature on the battlefield at the cost of being unable to regenerate that creature, a mechanic that defines black-red interaction in the game's competitive landscape.
The version from Commander 2017 retains the original functional utility of the card, featuring artwork by Zoltan Boros and Gabor Szikszai. This set was designed to support tribal-themed decks, and while Terminate is a generic utility staple, its inclusion here provided players with a reliable, efficient tool for controlling the board in the high-stakes, multiplayer environment of the Commander format, where it remains a persistent favorite for its low mana cost and straightforward efficiency.
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