---
name: "Aphotic Wisps"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "db951ec2-d751-479d-af1f-885d3cf50027"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aphotic Wisps
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature becomes black and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Draw a card.

> *ワンダーブラインの周りのぬめる泥沼の中、心まで邪悪に染まったメロウが徘徊している。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
2. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
3. [Breach](/printing/breach-usg.md) — Instant
4. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Fear](/printing/fear-lea.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Dance of Shadows](/printing/dance-of-shadows-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #55
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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