---
name: "Contempt"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "STH"
set_name: "Stronghold"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Val Mayerik"
oracle_id: "811c8364-fafb-49c8-a5bf-7b6cdfceb475"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contempt-sth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Contempt
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature attacks, return it and this Aura to their owners' hands at end of combat.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cage of Hands](/printing/cage-of-hands-pca.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Cessation](/printing/cessation-ulg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Mark of Eviction](/printing/mark-of-eviction-rav.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Disappear](/printing/disappear-uds.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Forced Worship](/printing/forced-worship-jmp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Abduction](/printing/abduction-wc97.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Stronghold (STH) #27
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Val Mayerik
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `legal`