---
name: "Bitter Ordeal"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Gravestorm"]
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "c02fdb2e-10bb-49fc-bce0-b31b6fad8e38"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bitter-ordeal-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bitter Ordeal
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Gravestorm

## Oracle Text
Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles.
Gravestorm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each permanent put into a graveyard this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Praetor's Grasp](/printing/praetors-grasp-sld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Neverending Torment](/printing/neverending-torment-sok.md) — Sorcery
3. [Extract](/printing/extract-ody.md) — Sorcery
4. [Grim Tutor](/printing/grim-tutor-me3.md) — Sorcery
5. [Nightmare Incursion](/printing/nightmare-incursion-eve.md) — Sorcery
6. [Slaughter Games](/printing/slaughter-games-ea1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #80
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`