---
name: "Childhood Horror"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Threshold"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "123"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Larry Elmore"
oracle_id: "29bebbaf-d47c-4369-8ff9-81816758da86"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/childhood-horror-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Childhood Horror
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Threshold

## Oracle Text
Flying
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Boneshard Slasher](/printing/boneshard-slasher-tor.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Possessed Aven](/printing/possessed-aven-tor.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier Horror
3. [Bloodcurdler](/printing/bloodcurdler-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Frightcrawler](/printing/frightcrawler-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Gloomdrifter](/printing/gloomdrifter-tor.md) — Creature — Zombie Minion
6. [Putrid Imp](/printing/putrid-imp-tor.md) — Creature — Zombie Imp

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #123
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Larry Elmore
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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