---
name: "A-Baleful Beholder"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Beholder"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "A-143"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "9ffed3f8-31c8-4671-8357-e0ab23b21551"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/a-baleful-beholder-hbg"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# A-Baleful Beholder
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Beholder
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/5

## Oracle Text
When Baleful Beholder enters, choose one —
• Antimagic Cone — Each opponent sacrifices an enchantment.
• Fear Ray — Creatures you control gain menace until end of turn. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baleful Beholder](/printing/baleful-beholder-afr.md) — Creature — Beholder
2. [Fear of the Dark](/printing/fear-of-the-dark-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
3. [Blood Curdle](/printing/blood-curdle-iko.md) — Instant
4. [Ghastly Death Tyrant](/printing/ghastly-death-tyrant-clb.md) — Creature — Beholder Skeleton
5. [Organic Avulsion Unit](/printing/organic-avulsion-unit-trk.md) — Artifact Creature — Borg
6. [A-Hagra Constrictor](/printing/a-hagra-constrictor-znr.md) — Creature — Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #A-143
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`