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Destroy target nonblack creature if its toughness is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.
"Anyone can snap her fingers and yank a soul. I prefer to kill creatively." —Braids, dementia summoner
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Ghastly Demise (main or sideboard): 2,950 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 0.2%
- +0.1 ppup 140.0% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.4%
- +0.3 ppup 221.4% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 7
- 14% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.0
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Psychatog7% of lists · 7
Printings (2)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
