Ghastly Demise
Odyssey (ODY) #139 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {B}
Destroy target nonblack creature if its toughness is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.
"Anyone can snap her fingers and yank a soul. I prefer to kill creatively."
—Braids, dementia summoner
Illustrated by Gary Ruddell · Released October 1, 2001
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.33 USD · €0.16 EUR
- Foil: $4.04 USD · €6.04 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.02 USD (6.5%) to $0.33 USD; low $0.31 USD, high $0.33 USD.
Printings
- Commander Legends #129 (CMR) · Common · 2020 · $0.13 USD
- World Championship Decks 2002 #cr139sb (WC02) · Common · 2002 · $0.46 USD
- Odyssey #139 (this printing) · Common · 2001 · $0.33 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2020-11-10 · wotc — Because Ghastly Demise isn't put into your graveyard until it's finished resolving, it won't be counted when determining whether the creature is destroyed.
- 2020-11-10 · wotc — Ghastly Demise can target any nonblack creature. Compare the creature's toughness to the number of cards in your graveyard as Ghastly Demise resolves to see if that creature is destroyed.