---
name: "Bond of Agony"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DIS"
set_name: "Dissension"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Luca Zontini"
oracle_id: "8e7bd5ae-005a-47d8-90bc-69f48cd8793d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bond-of-agony-dis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bond of Agony
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Each other player loses X life.

> *Os Rakdos são inigualáveis quando se trata de projetar equipamentos de tortura que eles podem operar ao mesmo tempo em que "sofrem" ao lado de suas vítimas.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Exsanguinate](/printing/exsanguinate-som.md) — Sorcery
2. [Debt to the Deathless](/printing/debt-to-the-deathless-rvr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Toxic Deluge](/printing/toxic-deluge-pz1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fire Covenant](/printing/fire-covenant-ecc.md) — Instant
5. [Death Cloud](/printing/death-cloud-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Hatred](/printing/hatred-exo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dissension (DIS) #38
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Luca Zontini
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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