Final Death
Instant
Exile target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #22152
Final Death exiles the target permanently — no graveyard recursion, no death triggers that matter, just gone. Five mana is expensive for a removal spell, but that exile clause is the entire reason you're running it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Final Death earns its slot, specifically in metas where reanimator decks, Persist creatures, and commanders with built-in recursion make graveyard-based threats a recurring problem. Five mana is a steep ask when Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile exist for one, so Final Death is rarely a first-choice removal spell — it's a meta call. In Pauper, the exile-at-common price point matters more, since the format's card pool limits exile options and the five-mana ceiling is less punishing in slower games. Competitive Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have too many efficient answers to give this a serious look outside of fringe builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Final Death is pure bulk — buy a stack without thinking about it. Bulk commons almost never appreciate unless they spike into a key combo, and nothing about this card's mechanical role suggests that's coming.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.