Suffocating Fumes
Suffocating Fumes: Instant, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. Cycling 2. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
- Released
- 2020-04-24
- Collector number
- 100
- Artist
- Anastasia Ovchinnikova
- Commander rank
- 14,654 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cycling
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About Suffocating Fumes
Suffocating Fumes is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 100 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"Yesterday it was flying tigers and crumbling bridges. Who knows what today will bring?" -Dol, Lavabrink quartermaster
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (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 Suffocating Fumes by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Suffocating Fumes
Suffocating Fumes has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #IKO-100 | Common | 2024 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Suffocating Fumes.
- Suffocating Fumes affects only creatures your opponents control at the time it resolves. Creatures they begin to control later in the turn won’t get -1/-1.
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