Long Goodbye
Instant
This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 3 or less.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #10633
Long Goodbye destroys any creature or planeswalker with no combat restrictions and no power ceiling — the only cost is that the target can't block this turn, which is irrelevant on anything you're killing proactively. It's a clean, unconditional two-mana removal spell, and Toshiro Umezawa turns every opponent's death trigger into a free second casting.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Toshiro Umezawa
Toshiro Umezawa's ability to flashback instants whenever a creature an opponent controls dies means Long Goodbye can chain into itself across a combat step, letting a single copy handle multiple threats in one turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Long Goodbye earns its slot as unconditional removal that hits both creatures and planeswalkers at two mana — a bar that most black spot removal clears only with strings attached. The non-blocking clause is almost never relevant in a multiplayer game where you're picking off a threat at sorcery speed anyway. In 1v1 formats like Legacy and Modern, black has access to Fatal Push, Dismember, and Drown in the Loch, which are generally faster or cheaper, so Long Goodbye sits on the fringe there. Pauper is its one absence — not legal at that rarity level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Long Goodbye is bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box or add to a cart as a throw-in. Unconditional two-mana removal tends to hold its floor even in bulk territory, so there's no meaningful downside to picking up copies now.
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Mentioned
- Toshiro Umezawa
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.