---
name: "Bereavement"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "117"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Andrew Goldhawk"
oracle_id: "fae834ee-2b2e-4f68-b4a4-81592cbecefb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bereavement-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bereavement
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever a green creature dies, its controller discards a card.

> *"Grief is as useless as love."
—Gix, Yawgmoth praetor*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moldervine Reclamation](/printing/moldervine-reclamation-onc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Rottenheart Ghoul](/printing/rottenheart-ghoul-soi.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Deadbridge Shaman](/printing/deadbridge-shaman-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Shaman
4. [Fecundity](/printing/fecundity-brb.md) — Enchantment
5. [Proper Burial](/printing/proper-burial-dis.md) — Enchantment
6. [Dark Prophecy](/printing/dark-prophecy-m14.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #117
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Andrew Goldhawk
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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