Snuff Out
Tier CInstant, {3}{B}
Oracle Text
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.
Power Level
Competitive Utilization
| Format | Archetype | Tier | Copies | Deck % | Board | Real Freq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pauper | Dimir Control(8.6%) | A | 3.9 | 98% | Main | 3.82 |
| legacy | Dimir Tempo(10.2%) | A | 1.2 | 69% | Main | 0.83 |
| duel-commander | Slimefoot and Squee(3.9%) | A | 1.0 | 75% | Main | 0.75 |
| legacy | Dimir Control(9.0%) | A | 1.3 | 50% | Main | 0.65 |
| pauper | Grixis Faeries(4.3%) | B | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| pauper | Dimir Faeries(6.7%) | B | 3.8 | 98% | Main | 3.72 |
| legacy | Hogaak Moonshadow(3.0%) | B | 2.0 | 78% | Side | 1.56 |
| pauper | Golgari Gardens(3.6%) | B | 1.1 | 97% | Main | 1.07 |
| premodern | Mono-Black Midrange(5.8%) | B | 1.2 | 59% | Main | 0.71 |
| legacy | Sultai Tempo(0.3%) | B | 1.0 | 67% | Main | 0.67 |
| legacy | Sultai Tempo(0.3%) | B | 1.0 | 67% | Side | 0.67 |
| legacy | Rakdos Reanimator(3.3%) | B | 1.2 | 40% | Side | 0.48 |
| vintage | Doomsday(2.6%) | B | 1.0 | 43% | Side | 0.43 |
| duel-commander | Glarb, Calamity's Augur(1.5%) | B | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| pauper | Mono-Black(0.1%) | C | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| pauper | Grixis Control(0.2%) | C | 3.7 | 94% | Main | 3.48 |
| pauper | Dimir Terror(0.2%) | C | 3.3 | 100% | Main | 3.30 |
| legacy | Jund(1.8%) | C | 3.0 | 100% | Side | 3.00 |
| pauper | Jund Gardens(0.2%) | C | 2.5 | 100% | Main | 2.50 |
| legacy | Cradle Control(0.4%) | C | 2.6 | 91% | Side | 2.37 |
| legacy | Ninjas(0.6%) | C | 1.5 | 100% | Main | 1.50 |
| legacy | Elves(1.2%) | C | 2.2 | 55% | Side | 1.21 |
| pauper | Food Gardens(0.2%) | C | 1.3 | 88% | Main | 1.14 |
| pauper | Black Sacrifice(0.2%) | C | 1.8 | 63% | Side | 1.13 |
| duel-commander | Flamewar, Brash Veteran(0.5%) | C | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Leovold, Emissary of Trest(0.5%) | C | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| vintage | Abzan Initiative(0.2%) | C | 1.0 | 100% | Side | 1.00 |
| pauper | Devotion(0.1%) | C | 2.0 | 50% | Main | 1.00 |
| vintage | Lurrus DRS(0.7%) | C | 1.0 | 91% | Side | 0.91 |
| duel-commander | Emet-Selch, Unsundered(1.5%) | C | 1.0 | 75% | Main | 0.75 |
| pauper | Food Gardens(0.2%) | C | 1.0 | 71% | Side | 0.71 |
| premodern | Mono-Black(0.3%) | C | 1.0 | 67% | Side | 0.67 |
| premodern | Orzhov(0.2%) | C | 1.0 | 67% | Side | 0.67 |
| legacy | Mono Black Midrange(0.3%) | C | 1.4 | 45% | Main | 0.63 |
| premodern | Rakdos Midrange(0.5%) | C | 1.5 | 40% | Side | 0.60 |
| duel-commander | Kefka, Court Mage(1.0%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| duel-commander | Obyra, Dreaming Duelist(1.0%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| vintage | Beseech Storm(0.5%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Side | 0.50 |
| duel-commander | Terra, Magical Adept(0.5%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| duel-commander | Ellie, Brick Master // Ellie, Vengeful Hunter(0.5%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| premodern | 4c Recurring Survival(0.6%) | C | 1.0 | 33% | Side | 0.33 |
| premodern | Zombies(0.6%) | C | 1.0 | 33% | Side | 0.33 |
| premodern | Orzhov(0.2%) | C | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| premodern | BG(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Side | 4.00 |
| pauper | Sultai Faeries(0.0%) | D | 3.0 | 100% | Main | 3.00 |
| pauper | 4c Control(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 100% | Main | 2.00 |
| vintage | Esper Psychic Frog(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 100% | Side | 2.00 |
| legacy | Death's Shadow(0.0%) | D | 1.5 | 100% | Main | 1.50 |
| legacy | Esper Tempo(0.0%) | D | 1.8 | 71% | Main | 1.28 |
| duel-commander | Thranduil, the Elvenking(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Basim Ibn Ishaq(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Cultist of the Absolute // Gut, True Soul Zealot(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Kelsien, the Plague(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| vintage | 4C Midrange(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | The Sackville-Bagginses(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Ashling, the Limitless(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| premodern | Mono B Clerics(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 50% | Main | 1.00 |
| premodern | Mono B Clerics(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 50% | Side | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Gollum, Riddle Master(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| pauper | 5c Ephemerate(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Amalia Benavides Aguirre(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| premodern | Dimir Midrange(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Esika, God of the Tree(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| pauper | Sultai Faeries(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 50% | Side | 0.50 |
| duel-commander | Juri, Master of the Revue(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| duel-commander | Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| vintage | Sultai Midrange(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 43% | Side | 0.43 |
| duel-commander | Tivit, Seller of Secrets(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| premodern | Golgari Midrange(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| cedh | Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools / Thrasios, Triton Hero(0.1%) | 1.0 | 5% | Main | 0.05 | |
| cedh | Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist / Wernog, Rider's Chaplain(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.(0.7%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Scion of the Ur-Dragon(0.3%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Dihada, Binder of Wills(0.1%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Rowan, Scion of War(0.2%) | 1.0 | 91% | Main | 0.91 | |
| cedh | Kodama of the East Tree / Tymna the Weaver(0.1%) | 1.0 | 32% | Main | 0.32 | |
| cedh | Tivit, Seller of Secrets(0.4%) | 1.0 | 13% | Main | 0.13 | |
| cedh | Reyhan, Last of the Abzan / Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh(0.1%) | 1.0 | 10% | Main | 0.10 | |
| cedh | Chatterfang, Squirrel General(0.1%) | 1.0 | 5% | Main | 0.05 | |
| cedh | Tana, the Bloodsower / Tymna the Weaver(0.1%) | 1.0 | 4% | Main | 0.04 | |
| cedh | Super-Skrull(0.1%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator / Tymna the Weaver(0.1%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Tasigur, the Golden Fang(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Kraum, Ludevic's Opus / Tymna the Weaver(2.5%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Korvold, Fae-Cursed King(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Inalla, Archmage Ritualist(0.2%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Dina, Soul Steeper(0.1%) | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 | |
| cedh | Krark, the Thumbless / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept(0.1%) | 1.0 | 16% | Main | 0.16 | |
| cedh | Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff(0.1%) | 1.0 | 15% | Main | 0.15 | |
| cedh | Marneus Calgar(0.3%) | 1.0 | 10% | Main | 0.10 | |
| cedh | Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin(0.4%) | 1.0 | 5% | Main | 0.05 | |
| cedh | The Master of Keys(0.1%) | 1.0 | 5% | Main | 0.05 | |
| cedh | Atraxa, Grand Unifier(0.2%) | 1.0 | 4% | Main | 0.04 | |
| cedh | Silas Renn, Seeker Adept / Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful(0.1%) | 1.0 | 4% | Main | 0.04 | |
| cedh | Gyruda, Doom of Depths(0.1%) | 1.0 | 4% | Main | 0.04 | |
| cedh | Thrasios, Triton Hero / Tymna the Weaver(1.1%) | 1.0 | 4% | Main | 0.04 | |
| cedh | Halana, Kessig Ranger / Tymna the Weaver(0.0%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Thrasios, Triton Hero / Vial Smasher the Fierce(0.2%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Ezio Auditore da Firenze(0.0%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Tiamat(0.0%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator / Vial Smasher the Fierce(0.3%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge(0.1%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept(1.6%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Rakdos, the Muscle(0.1%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Kenrith, the Returned King(0.2%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Sisay, Weatherlight Captain(1.6%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Tymna the Weaver(0.7%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow(0.2%) | 1.0 | 86% | Main | 0.85 | |
| cedh | Y'shtola, Night's Blessed(0.1%) | 1.0 | 84% | Main | 0.84 | |
| cedh | Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons(0.1%) | 1.0 | 60% | Main | 0.60 | |
| cedh | Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel(0.1%) | 1.0 | 34% | Main | 0.34 | |
| cedh | K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth(0.3%) | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 | |
| cedh | Hashaton, Scarab's Fist(0.1%) | 1.0 | 29% | Main | 0.29 | |
| cedh | Glarb, Calamity's Augur(0.2%) | 1.0 | 29% | Main | 0.29 | |
| cedh | Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin(0.5%) | 1.0 | 23% | Main | 0.23 | |
| cedh | Edgar Markov(0.1%) | 1.0 | 22% | Main | 0.22 | |
| cedh | Leonardo, the Balance / Michelangelo, the Heart(0.1%) | 1.0 | 21% | Main | 0.20 | |
| cedh | Talion, the Kindly Lord(0.1%) | 1.0 | 19% | Main | 0.19 | |
| cedh | Maralen, Fae Ascendant(0.1%) | 1.0 | 19% | Main | 0.19 | |
| cedh | Yawgmoth, Thran Physician(0.1%) | 1.0 | 18% | Main | 0.18 | |
| cedh | Sakashima of a Thousand Faces / Tymna the Weaver(0.0%) | 1.0 | 14% | Main | 0.14 | |
| cedh | Gwenom, Remorseless(0.1%) | 1.0 | 13% | Main | 0.13 | |
| cedh | Francisco, Fowl Marauder / Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator(0.0%) | 1.0 | 10% | Main | 0.10 | |
| cedh | Witherbloom, the Balancer(0.0%) | 1.0 | 8% | Main | 0.08 | |
| cedh | The Gitrog Monster(0.1%) | 1.0 | 7% | Main | 0.07 | |
| cedh | Noctis, Prince of Lucis(0.1%) | 1.0 | 7% | Main | 0.07 | |
| cedh | Doctor Doom, King of Latveria(0.0%) | 1.0 | 7% | Main | 0.07 | |
| cedh | Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima(0.0%) | 1.0 | 6% | Main | 0.06 | |
| cedh | Auntie Ool, Cursewretch(0.1%) | 1.0 | 5% | Main | 0.05 | |
| cedh | Teval, the Balanced Scale(0.1%) | 1.0 | 4% | Main | 0.04 | |
| cedh | Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh / Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools(0.1%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Hearthhull, the Worldseed(0.1%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit / Sam, Loyal Attendant(0.0%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Celes, Rune Knight(0.1%) | 1.0 | 3% | Main | 0.03 | |
| cedh | Najeela, the Blade-Blossom(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Zurgo Stormrender(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Francisco, Fowl Marauder / Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh(0.0%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Fire Lord Azula(0.0%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Zur the Enchanter(0.1%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Terra, Herald of Hope(0.1%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Norman Osborn // Green Goblin(0.1%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra(0.2%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 |
Format Guides
- cEDH tier list & top cards · played in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. — cEDH deck guide, Scion of the Ur-Dragon — cEDH deck guide
- Pauper metagame breakdown · played in Dimir Control — Pauper deck guide, Dimir Faeries — Pauper deck guide
- Premodern top decks · played in Mono-Black Midrange — Premodern deck guide, 4c Recurring Survival — Premodern deck guide
- Duel Commander tier list · played in Slimefoot and Squee — Duel Commander deck guide, Glarb, Calamity's Augur — Duel Commander deck guide