---
name: "Baleful Stare"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "4135131d-4653-4767-ad1d-68c9bf393c3a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/baleful-stare-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Baleful Stare
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You draw a card for each Mountain and red card in it.

> *"Benché ci sia poco da imparare dalla tua polvere e dalle tue pietre, le spremerò fino all'ultima goccia."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Withering Gaze](/printing/withering-gaze-por.md) — Sorcery
2. [Sorcerous Sight](/printing/sorcerous-sight-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Seer's Vision](/printing/seers-vision-inv.md) — Enchantment
4. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
6. [Scrying Glass](/printing/scrying-glass-uds.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #64
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 27 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`