---
name: "Criminal Past"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Enchantment — Background"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Will Gist"
oracle_id: "54ad73d1-a17d-468c-a0ba-05c532a02cb2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/criminal-past-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Criminal Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Enchantment — Background

## Oracle Text
Commander creatures you own have menace and "This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard." (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

> *君は法律や権力など気にしたこともなかった。とくに自分の邪魔になるものには。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inner Demons Gangsters](/printing/inner-demons-gangsters-om1.md) — Creature — Human Rogue Villain
2. [Sarevok, Ferocious Usurper](/printing/sarevok-ferocious-usurper-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Knight
3. [Nimana Skitter-Sneak](/printing/nimana-skitter-sneak-znr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Cantankerous Captain](/printing/cantankerous-captain-trk.md) — Creature — Tellarite Officer
5. [Unforgiving One](/printing/unforgiving-one-neo.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Moodmark Painter](/printing/moodmark-painter-j22.md) — Creature — Human Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #122
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Will Gist
- **Total Printings:** 12 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`