---
name: "Cower in Fear"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MM3"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2017"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "f1519fe3-af13-4491-9020-4a8d8f474713"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cower-in-fear-mm3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cower in Fear
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *"You will fully understand fear when you discover it is the final thing you put your faith in."
—Nicol Bolas*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Make Obsolete](/printing/make-obsolete-klr.md) — Instant
2. [The Black Breath](/printing/the-black-breath-ltr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hell Swarm](/printing/hell-swarm-leg.md) — Instant
5. [Grasp of Darkness](/printing/grasp-of-darkness-m21.md) — Instant
6. [Tar Snare](/printing/tar-snare-ogw.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #62
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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