---
name: "Avatar of Woe"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Creature — Avatar"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Fear"]
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "2da5aa33-3794-4f83-936c-9d8640833d86"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/avatar-of-woe-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Avatar of Woe
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Creature — Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/5
- **Keywords:** Fear

## Oracle Text
If there are ten or more creature cards total in all graveyards, this spell costs {6} less to cast.
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
{T}: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Woebearer](/printing/woebearer-mrd.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Desecration Elemental](/printing/desecration-elemental-5dn.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Severed Legion](/printing/severed-legion-dpa.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Order of Yawgmoth](/printing/order-of-yawgmoth-dde.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
6. [Frightcrawler](/printing/frightcrawler-ody.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #56
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 33 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`