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Infernal Grasp
Price$0.30 – $6.63
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Infernal Grasp

{1}{B}

Instant

LegalRemovalRank #266

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Why is this card good?

Infernal Grasp is premium black removal: two mana, instant speed, kills anything regardless of toughness, indestructibility-aside. The 2 life is a non-issue in a 40-life format where black decks happily pay life for everything. This belongs in essentially any black deck that isn't hyper-casual. It's one of the cleanest answers to a problematic commander, a combo piece, or a backbreaking threat. Compared to alternatives like Murder or Cast Down (which has a legendary restriction), the low cost and lack of conditions make it more reliable, and you'll often kill commanders here that dodge "non-legendary" removal. When to skip it: it doesn't exile, so it's weak against recursion-heavy graveyard decks and indestructible threats (Avacyn, etc.). If your meta is full of those, lean on Go for the Throat, Deadly Rollick, or exile-based removal instead. Also irrelevant in decks where life is a hard resource you're racing to zero on—but those are rare. Bottom line: a near-default include in spot-removal slots for black.

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Hero's DownfallB

Instant-speed removal also hits planeswalkers, no life loss.

MurderB

Three-mana unconditional creature destruction without life cost.

Go for the ThroatB

Two-mana instant kill for nearly any creature, no life loss.

Bloodchief's ThirstB

One-mana removal scaling into kicker for big threats.

Deadly RollickB

Free creature removal with command tower potential.

Feed the SwarmB

Two-mana removal that can hit enchantments too.

Heartless ActB

Two-mana flexible removal hitting creatures or counters.

Cast DownB

Two-mana instant destroying any nonlegendary creature.

Printings (14)

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