Grotesque Demise
Instant
Exile target creature with power 3 or less.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26488
Grotesque Demise exiles a target creature with odd mana value — clean, permanent removal with no room for graveyard recursion to undo it. The catch is that even-costed creatures, which make up a substantial portion of any table, are completely immune, making this a conditional answer at best.
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 |
In Commander, Grotesque Demise is a budget slot for black decks that need exile removal but can't afford or don't want to run Damn or Murderous Rider — the odd-only restriction matters less at a table full of haymakers like Etali, Primal Conqueror or Toxrill, the Corrosive, which happen to be odd-costed. In Pauper, the common format where every mana matters, it competes poorly against unconditional removal like Chainer's Edict and rarely earns a slot. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have cleaner, faster answers, so Grotesque Demise doesn't register in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Grotesque Demise is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. It holds no financial value and won't appreciate, but as a cheap exile piece for a budget Commander build, the cost is irrelevant.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.