---
name: "Caustic Exhale"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Behold"]
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Camille Alquier"
oracle_id: "c4023e1f-26e3-4225-98d0-3d33f6654616"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/caustic-exhale-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Caustic Exhale
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Behold

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Dragon or pay {1}. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.)
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Osseous Exhale](/printing/osseous-exhale-tdm.md) — Instant
2. [Dispelling Exhale](/printing/dispelling-exhale-tdm.md) — Instant
3. [Piercing Exhale](/printing/piercing-exhale-tdm.md) — Instant
4. [Molten Exhale](/printing/molten-exhale-tdm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dragon's Prey](/printing/dragons-prey-tdm.md) — Instant
6. [Draconic Roar](/printing/draconic-roar-ima.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #74
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Camille Alquier
- **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`