Snuff Out
Snuff Out: Instant, Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana. If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana (GVL)
- Released
- 2014-12-05
- Collector number
- 53
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Commander rank
- 724 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Snuff Out
Snuff Out is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana (GVL), a Duel Decks release released in December 2014. It is collector number 53 in that set, with art by Steve Argyle. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Mercadian Masques (1999) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $13.96 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
"The bigger they are, the faster they rot."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $13.96 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Snuff Out by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Snuff Out
Snuff Out has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #79 | Rare | 2026 |
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #285 | Common | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1792 | Rare | 2024 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #187 | Common | 2024 |
| Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2024-1 | Rare | 2024 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #222 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #813 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana (DDD) #53 | Common | 2009 |
| Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #162 | Common | 1999 |
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Snuff Out is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.