---
name: "Carnage, Crimson Chaos"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Mayhem", "Trample"]
set: "PSPM"
set_name: "Marvel's Spider-Man Promos"
collector_number: "125s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lordigan"
oracle_id: "c0efafc6-8ffb-4908-ae64-3f391722370a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/carnage-crimson-chaos-pspm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Carnage, Crimson Chaos
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain
- **Keywords:** Mayhem, Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
When Carnage enters, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains "This creature attacks each combat if able" and "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it."
Mayhem {B}{R}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Abomination, World Ravager](/printing/abomination-world-ravager-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Gamma Berserker Villain
2. [Venom, Deadly Devourer](/printing/venom-deadly-devourer-spe.md) — Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain
3. [Carnage Wurm](/printing/carnage-wurm-m12.md) — Creature — Wurm
4. [Ambush Krotiq](/printing/ambush-krotiq-frf.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Charnelhoard Wurm](/printing/charnelhoard-wurm-c18.md) — Creature — Wurm
6. [Kraven the Hunter](/printing/kraven-the-hunter-spm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Villain

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel's Spider-Man Promos (PSPM) #125s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lordigan
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2025-09-19)* Mayhem represents an alternative cost that can be paid to cast a spell from your graveyard if you discarded the card with mayhem that turn. You must pay any additional costs the spell has.
- *(2025-09-19)* If the returned creature can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped or having come under your control that turn), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you're not forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
- *(2025-09-19)* If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 when determining its mana value.
- *(2025-09-19)* You must follow all normal timing rules when casting a spell with mayhem. For example, you can't cast a creature card with mayhem you couldn't normally cast during an opponent's turn, even if you discard that card during an opponent's turn.