Anguished Unmaking
Anguished Unmaking: Instant, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 293
- Artist
- Wesley Burt
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About Anguished Unmaking
Anguished Unmaking is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black instant from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 293 in that set, with art by Wesley Burt. It costs {1}{W}{B} (one generic, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.53 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Sorin had created Avacyn, so it was a cruelty beyond imagining, a pain beyond description, that it fell upon him to end her forever.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.53 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Anguished Unmaking by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Anguished Unmaking
Anguished Unmaking has been printed in 11 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #279 | Rare | 2025 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #35 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #74 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #1001 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #209 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #473 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #737 | Rare | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #265 | Rare | 2023 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #229 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #170 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #469 | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #138 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Anguished Unmaking.
- If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target as Anguished Unmaking tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't lose 3 life.
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