---
name: "Cosmic Horror"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jesper Myrfors"
oracle_id: "d73df13d-942a-4104-ac9d-de7c100c086f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cosmic-horror-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cosmic Horror
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/7
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay {3}{B}{B}{B}. If this creature is destroyed this way, it deals 7 damage to you.

> *"Then flashed the living lightning from her eyes,/ And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies." —Alexander Pope, *The Rape of the Lock**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infernal Spawn of Evil](/printing/infernal-spawn-of-evil-olep.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Pit Spawn](/printing/pit-spawn-exo.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Hidden Horror](/printing/hidden-horror-p02.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Vebulid](/printing/vebulid-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
5. [Urborg Stalker](/printing/urborg-stalker-wth.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Ridged Kusite](/printing/ridged-kusite-plc.md) — Creature — Horror Spellshaper

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #92
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jesper Myrfors
- **Total Printings:** 17 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: `legal`