---
name: "Braids, Arisen Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Nightmare"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "GDY"
set_name: "Game Day Promos"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Heonhwa"
oracle_id: "e0445c80-fa53-4c3e-881e-940e9fce7f57"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/braids-arisen-nightmare-gdy"
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

## 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. [Fatal Grudge](/printing/fatal-grudge-snc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Game Day Promos (GDY) #8
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Heonhwa
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-09-09)* If the permanent that you sacrifice as you resolve Braids's triggered ability has more than one card type, each opponent may choose to sacrifice any permanent they control that shares any card type with it. For example, if the permanent you sacrifice is an artifact creature, one opponent might choose to sacrifice an artifact and another opponent might choose to sacrifice a creature.