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Gravkill

Instant3 generic manaBlack mana

Exile at instant speed has always been black's exception rather than its rule: the color's identity runs through destruction, sacrifice, and reanimation, all of which leave a corpse in the yard for recursion decks to mine. What this spell buys for its four mana is the clause black almost never gets to write: permanent removal with no death trigger, no graveyard to loot back from, and no regeneration or indestructibility to slip the net. The premium over black's cheaper destroy-effects is the tax for that finality, and it is paid at instant speed, which turns the spell into a clean answer to a creature or Spacecraft that resolves at the wrong moment. Just as telling is the reach into Spacecraft, a permanent type black has no other native way to interact with cleanly; folding it into the same instant that handles creatures means the color does not need a separate artifact-hate slot to keep pace. Structurally this is the black analog to the white and blue exile-removal that has anchored control shells for years, priced up rather than restricted, and handed to the color that most needs a way to make a threat stay gone.

Gravkill (eoe)
EOE · #103common
Pricing
Normal: $0.14
Foil: $0.20
Oracle Text

Rules text

Exile target creature or Spacecraft.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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