Smother
Mana cost {1}{B}.
Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or less. It can't be regenerated.
Smother is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Onslaught printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€2.36) · TCGplayer ($2.66) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €2.36 and €4.58 in that time.
How often Smother is played
Smother is maindecked in 25 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (19%), averaging 1.9 copies; kept in 15 sideboards (11%); used by 6 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 35 of them play it (47%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Smother
- Mono Black (2x)
- Psychatog: Instant-speed removal for a creature with mana value 3 or less, at any size: Goblin Warchief, Quirion Dryad, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Terravore, an opposing Psychatog, a face-down Exalted Angel or an animated Mishra's Factory. It cannot target Argothian Enchantress, which has shroud, or a creature with protection from black. In every blue-black list since September, usually two or three copies.
- The Rock (2x)
- Clerics (2x)
- Pit Rack: Two mana, destroy any creature with mana value 3 or less, black ones included: Goblin Lackey, Quirion Dryad, Wild Mongrel, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Mother of Runes, Psychatog or Nantuko Shade. Snuff Out covers the bigger nonblack ones; against Graveborn Muse and other big black creatures, and against protection from black, only Diabolic Edict works.
- Contamination (2x)
Tournament decks with Smother
- Zombies: 2nd Place at Premodern Fight Club (2× sideboard)
- Survival Recurring: 1st Place at Monster Mash 2026 (2× sideboard)
- P-Deadguy Ale: 2nd Place at Online Monthly (1× mainboard)
- Moneyball: 4th Place at 4Seasons Summer Edition (3× mainboard)
- Pox Aggro: 1st Place at Magic Beijing #59 (2× main + sideboard)
- Deadguy Ale: 2nd Place at Sword Luderia (3× sideboard)
- Zombie Tribal: 1st Place at Cloudpost PM 7/26 (2× sideboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 1st Place at Premodern Xpress #1 (1× sideboard)
- Nantuko Cultivator: 6th Place at Finland Nationals 2026 (2× mainboard)
- Contamination: 6th Place at Premodern & Hooters 9 (2× main + sideboard)
- Mono Black: 10th Place at Bogardan War II (2× mainboard)
- Clerics: 7th Place at Czech Premodern Nationals 2026 (3× mainboard)
- Mono Black: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× mainboard)
- Mono Black Clerics: 3rd Place at IX Torneo Mensual (2× sideboard)
- Survival Infestation: 5th Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (2× sideboard)
- The Rock: 3rd Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (2× mainboard)
- UBG Madness: 1st Place at Lega Roma - IV Tappa (3× mainboard)
- Basic Mono Black: 4th Place at Andre's League 10 Tappa (2× main + sideboard)
- Horror Stompy: 3rd Place at MTGO Premodern Challenge (2× mainboard)
- UBG Control Sideboard: 1st Place at Mercadian Frogs @ Troll2jeux (Paris, France) (3× mainboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 4th Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (2× mainboard)
- Moneyball: 1st Place at LPP x Trial Épico (2× mainboard)
- BRG Midrange: 7th Place at PM Burro Singles @SPMCR (2× mainboard)
- BR Carnophage Ponza: 3rd Place at Torneo @ Comix Café (2× mainboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 1st Place at Mogg Monthly: Sligh July (1× sideboard)
- Mono B Control: 7th Place at Premodern & Hooters 8th Edition (2× mainboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (1× mainboard)
- Black Contamination: 3rd Place at PREM Brescia (3× mainboard)
- Mono Black: 6th Place at PMPMPMPM XXXVIII (1× sideboard)
- Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× main + sideboard)
- Pox: 3rd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 9ª Jornada (1× mainboard)
- BG Rack: 3rd Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (2× mainboard)
- Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (2× mainboard)
- Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (2× main + sideboard)
- Black Clerics: 2nd Place at Lega Milano 3/9 (1× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Smother
- Hypnotic Wurm (2×)
- Coffers Control (2×)
- Darwin's Dead (2×)
