First printed in Mercadian Masques (1999)

All 10 prints

Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #79, 2026
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #285, 2025
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1792, 2024
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #187, 2024
Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2024-1, 2024
Doctor Who (WHO) #222, 2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #813, 2023
Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana (GVL) #53, 2014
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana (DDD) #53, 2009
Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #162, 1999

Snuff Out

Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

In the last 30 days 12.5% of Legacy decks played it (13 of 104). Most played in UBG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 16.8% of Pauper decks played it (16 of 95). Most played in Dimir Control.

Staple

Legacy staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#181); sideboard, 10% of decks (#23)
Black, Instants, Removal, Creature removal
Pauper staples: main deck, 17% of decks (#18)
Black, Instants, Removal, Creature removal
Premodern staples: main deck, 7% of decks (#70)
Black, Instants, Removal, Creature removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 13 of 104 decks (12.5%).

Share of decks

12.5%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

3 main, 10 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

61%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBG (unclassified)	12.5%	23%
WUBG (unclassified)	5.8%	17%
WUBRG (unclassified)	4.8%	100%
BRG (unclassified)	2.9%	33%
Dimir Tempo	1.9%	100%
WBG (unclassified)	1.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft	100%	17.3
Fatal Push	100%	8.7
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares	100%	7.4
Orcish Bowmasters	100%	5.0
Undercity Sewers	100%	3.9
Thoughtseize	100%	3.7
Daze	100%	3.6
Underground Sea	100%	3.4
Polluted Delta	100%	3.0
Flooded Strand	100%	2.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Tempo Oceansoul92 in Legacy Challenge 32	6-1 86%
WBG ItsSwiftyTime in Legacy Challenge 32	6-3 67%
Dimir Tempo kentaro_hokori in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UBG 416FrowningTable in Legacy Challenge 32	4-3 57%
UBG Aced5 in Legacy Challenge 32	3-3 50%
UBG stu909090 in Legacy Challenge 32	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WBG ItsSwiftyTime, 27 Oct	3 side	#2 6-3
Dimir Tempo Oceansoul92, 27 Oct	1 main	#5 6-1
UBG 416FrowningTable, 27 Oct	1 side	#8 4-3
Dimir Tempo kentaro_hokori, 27 Oct	1 main	#11 4-2
UBG Aced5, 27 Oct	1 side	#19 3-3
UBG stu909090, 27 Oct	1 main	#30 2-3
BRG maximusdee, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
WUBRG vegecookies, 27 Oct	3 side	5-0

Pauper Other periods →

In 16 of 95 decks (16.8%).

Share of decks

16.8%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

16 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

59%

2 top 8 (challenges only)