---
name: "Abyssal Nocturnus"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "GPT"
set_name: "Guildpact"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jon Foster"
oracle_id: "b79c4066-66a9-4a53-8716-23f7a340a85f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/abyssal-nocturnus-gpt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Abyssal Nocturnus
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent discards a card, this creature gets +2/+2 and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

> *"Tenho medo de manter a mente aberta, pois poderiam usá-la como uma porta para a minha alma." —Voka Schlak, paciente do Hospício de Mauzam, diário*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Order of Yawgmoth](/printing/order-of-yawgmoth-dde.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
3. [Abyssal Nightstalker](/printing/abyssal-nightstalker-p02.md) — Creature — Nightstalker
4. [Abyssal Horror](/printing/abyssal-horror-s99.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
6. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guildpact (GPT) #43
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jon Foster
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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