---
name: "Chthonian Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "330"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "c7a360f5-725e-4864-93cc-87f96f95975e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chthonian-nightmare-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Chthonian Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).
Pay X {E}, Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Recurring Nightmare](/printing/recurring-nightmare-vma.md) — Enchantment
2. [Malevolent Awakening](/printing/malevolent-awakening-ody.md) — Enchantment
3. [Blighted Nightmare](/printing/blighted-nightmare-yecl.md) — Enchantment
4. [Endbringer's Revel](/printing/endbringers-revel-pcy.md) — Enchantment
5. [Font of Return](/printing/font-of-return-jou.md) — Enchantment
6. [Strands of Night](/printing/strands-of-night-6ed.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #330
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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