---
name: "Crippling Fear"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "745"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Néstor Ossandón Leal"
oracle_id: "e7a7ba65-ad14-41d5-889b-9bbeae9ab3f7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crippling-fear-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Crippling Fear
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a creature type. Creatures that aren't of the chosen type get -3/-3 until end of turn.

> *La panique se répandit comme une traînée de poudre quand les démons de l'Immersturm déferlèrent sur Bretagard, massacrant tout le monde sur leur passage.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Witch's Vengeance](/printing/witchs-vengeance-peld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Pack's Disdain](/printing/packs-disdain-mor.md) — Instant
3. [Cover of Darkness](/printing/cover-of-darkness-ons.md) — Enchantment
4. [Engineered Plague](/printing/engineered-plague-prm.md) — Enchantment
5. [Cower in Fear](/printing/cower-in-fear-mm3.md) — Instant
6. [Profane Command](/printing/profane-command-ddh.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #745
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Néstor Ossandón Leal
- **Total Printings:** 36 across all historical editions

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