Mortify
Mortify: Instant, March of the Machine Commander. Destroy target creature or enchantment. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 337
- Artist
- Anthony Palumbo
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About Mortify
Mortify is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and black instant from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 337 in that set, with art by Anthony Palumbo. 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 Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 26 sets, from Guildpact (2006) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Destroy target creature or enchantment.
"Your debt is erased." -Hilgur, Orzhov euthanist
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (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 Mortify by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Mortify
Mortify has been printed in 26 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #327 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Foundations (FDN) #662 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #243 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #96 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Store Championships (SCH) #21 | Rare | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #269 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) #122 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #225 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #225★ | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #161 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #381 | Special | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #C18-186 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Mortify.
- 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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