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Mutual Destruction

{B}

Sorcery

IKOIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#96common
Foil

Hunter and hunted both died thinking they had outwitted the other.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 630
Illustrator
PINDURSKI
Found in
Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Black · Ikoria Lair of Behemoths MTGO Redemption Foil · 5 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
This spell has flash as long as you control a permanent with flash. As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature.

Plays as: Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.12
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.16
$0.02 low-$0.06 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.12· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest Apr 17, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Once you announce that you’re casting Mutual Destruction, players can’t try to remove your permanents with flash to make it lose flash until you’re done casting it. If it loses flash after it’s been cast, it will still resolve if able.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    The last time that the game checks whether you have permission to cast a spell is before costs are paid. If you sacrifice a creature with flash to cast Mutual Destruction and then have no other permanents with flash, you’ll legally finish casting Mutual Destruction even though it no longer has flash. In this case, abilities that trigger whenever you cast a spell with flash won’t trigger.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.