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Mortify
Price$0.22 – $4.91
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Mortify

{1}{W}{B}

Instant

LegalRemovalRank #547

Destroy target creature or enchantment.

Why is this card good?

Mortify is premium interaction in any Orzhov-colored deck. Instant-speed, unconditional removal that hits the two card types white and black struggle with most efficiently: creatures and enchantments. In a format full of game-warping enchantments — Smothering Tithe, Rhystic Study, Doubling Season, Theros gods, stax pieces like Ghostly Prison — having one card that answers both threats is exactly the kind of flexibility you want. Where it shines: - Any WB or multicolor deck (Esper, Mardu, Abzan, etc.) wanting clean, flexible answers. - Midrange and control shells that prize versatility over raw speed. - Decks light on enchantment removal that can't afford dead cards. When to skip it: Cutthroat, high-power tables care about mana efficiency — three mana for a single-target kill is fine but unspectacular when Swords to Plowshares, Fatal Push, and Anguished Unmaking exist. If you only need creature removal, cheaper spells outclass it. Mortify earns its slot specifically because of the enchantment mode and instant speed, so value that flexibility or play something tighter.

Related cards

Anguished UnmakingWB

BW instant exiling any nonland permanent for flexible removal.

VindicateWB

BW sorcery destroying any permanent at the same value.

PutrefyBG

BG instant destroying creature or artifact, parallel flexible removal.

DesparkWB

BW instant exiling high-cost permanents cheaply.

Utter EndWB

BW instant exiling any nonland permanent.

Vanquish the HordeW

White mass removal alternative for creatures in BW.

Maelstrom PulseBG

BG sorcery destroying any nonland permanent.

Council's JudgmentW

White exile removal hitting any permanent regardless of hexproof.

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Rulings (1)

  • 2006-02-01

    This spell isn't modal. When it resolves, it will destroy the target if it's a creature or an enchantment, even if it changed from one to the other between targeting and resolution.

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