---
name: "Afflict"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "115"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Roger Raupp"
oracle_id: "471f6ad3-cf01-42dd-a519-ea8e13039fea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/afflict-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Afflict
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Draw a card.

> *When one of the Patriarch's champions displeased him, he would only shake his finger. That was enough.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Instill Infection](/printing/instill-infection-som.md) — Instant
2. [Bewilder](/printing/bewilder-ima.md) — Instant
3. [Fleeting Distraction](/printing/fleeting-distraction-avr.md) — Instant
4. [Shocking Grasp](/printing/shocking-grasp-hbg.md) — Instant
5. [Befuddle](/printing/befuddle-m20.md) — Instant
6. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #115
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Roger Raupp
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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