Raze the Effigy
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #8531
Raze the Effigy kills a creature and hands you a Treasure, turning removal into ramp at instant speed. The ceiling rises further when an opponent controls a vehicle or artifact creature like Slicer, Hired Muscle, since destroying it generates an extra Treasure on top.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slicer, Hired Muscle
Slicer, Hired Muscle spends most of the game living on opponents' boards, which makes Raze the Effigy a reliable two-Treasure instant — you blow up your own Slicer at the end of an opponent's turn, recoup resources, and recast next turn with a fresh attack trigger.
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, Raze the Effigy is a role-player in decks that want cheap, self-replacing removal — the Treasure offsets the tempo loss of trading one-for-one, and instant speed matters in a four-player game. Outside Commander, Raze the Effigy competes in a crowded field: Pauper has access to efficient common removal that either costs less or hits more, and in Modern and Pioneer the Treasure rarely justifies running a sorcery-speed-ceiling instant over better-statted answers. It's legal in Legacy and Vintage but invisible there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Raze the Effigy sits firmly in bulk territory and is easy to pick up as a throw-in. Bulk ramp-removal hybrids don't tend to spike unless a commander breaks the Treasure synergy wide open, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Slicer, Hired Muscle
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.