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Instant
LegalRemovalRank #153
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Why is this card good?
Anguished Unmaking is one of the best targeted removal spells in Orzhov colors, and it's premium for one simple reason: it answers everything except lands. Creatures, planeswalkers, artifacts, enchantments, even problematic commanders — all gone, with no "back to hand" or "regenerate" loopholes since it exiles.
At three mana and instant speed, it's flexible enough to hold up for a counterspell-style interaction or end-of-turn cleanup. In a format full of indestructible threats, recursive value engines, and game-warping enchantments, unconditional exile is exactly what you want in your back pocket.
The downside is real but minor: losing 3 life matters more in heavy aggro pods or against life-payment commanders. It's also off-flavor in any deck that's leaning hard on its own life total (group hug, certain combo lines).
Play it in basically any WB or Mardu/Esper deck wanting clean answers. Skip it only if you're life-total constrained or running a strictly budget pile where cheaper conditional removal suffices.
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