---
name: "Bogslither's Embrace"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Blight"]
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Justin Gerard"
oracle_id: "21695c70-f746-4d77-b6d3-e2713a5c929e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bogslithers-embrace-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bogslither's Embrace
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Blight

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, blight 1 or pay {3}. (To blight 1, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Exile target creature.

> *Shadow creatures are untamable forces of nature—chaotic and hungry.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Requiting Hex](/printing/requiting-hex-ecl.md) — Instant
2. [Necrotic Fumes](/printing/necrotic-fumes-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
3. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Final Vengeance](/printing/final-vengeance-dsk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Eaten Alive](/printing/eaten-alive-inr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lethal Sting](/printing/lethal-sting-akr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #94
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Justin Gerard
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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