---
name: "Abandon Hope"
mana_cost: "{X}{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "107"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alan Pollack"
oracle_id: "8adbba6e-03ef-4278-aec5-8a4496b377a8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/abandon-hope-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Abandon Hope
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Look at target opponent's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Tendrils of Despair](/printing/tendrils-of-despair-wth.md) — Sorcery
4. [Mind Warp](/printing/mind-warp-fnm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gix's Caress](/printing/gixs-caress-bro.md) — Sorcery
6. [Seeker's Folly](/printing/seekers-folly-fdn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #107
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alan Pollack
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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