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Thraben Exorcism

Instant1 generic manaWhite mana

Removal that reads like an answer key rather than a threat profile. The three legal targets (Spirit, creature with disturb, enchantment) are not a general shape of danger; they are the exact card types a graveyard-and-flicker plane leans on, and the exile clause was built to punch each of them without touching anything else. That narrowness is the whole trade: a premium instant-speed exile at this rate, paid for by the fact that half the battlefield is immune. Disturb is why the exile earns its slot over a cheaper effect. Creatures with disturb cast themselves back out of the graveyard, so a plain destroy just refills the tank; this answers the front side and slams the door on the back side in a single motion, which is the specific reason it exists rather than a tap-down along the lines of Pacifism. Against Spirits and enchantments it is a clean, permanent answer at a window your opponent cannot always play around, since it responds to an attack, a trigger, or an end-step activation rather than waiting for a sorcery-speed opening. Strip those three categories from the board and it is a dead card in hand: a scalpel with three specific cuts and nothing to do the rest of the time. Surgical hate that sits ready for one shape of opponent rather than covering the field.

Thraben Exorcism (mid)
MID · #39common
Pricing
Normal: $0.08
Foil: $0.10
Oracle Text

Rules text

Exile target Spirit, creature with disturb, or enchantment.
Legalities

Format Status

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