---
name: "Braids, Arisen Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "133"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Heonhwa"
oracle_id: "e0445c80-fa53-4c3e-881e-940e9fce7f57"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/braids-arisen-nightmare-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Braids, Arisen Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Braids, Cabal Minion](/printing/braids-cabal-minion-mh2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Minion
2. [Braids's Frightful Return](/printing/braidss-frightful-return-dmu.md) — Enchantment — Saga
3. [Perilous Predicament](/printing/perilous-predicament-aer.md) — Instant
4. [Baba Lysaga, Night Witch](/printing/baba-lysaga-night-witch-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
5. [Hag of Ceaseless Torment](/printing/hag-of-ceaseless-torment-hbg.md) — Creature — Hag Warlock
6. [Choice of Damnations](/printing/choice-of-damnations-sok.md) — Sorcery — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #133
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Heonhwa
- **Total Printings:** 39 across all historical editions

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