---
name: "Cruel Reality"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura Curse"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "2e3cc9b6-7849-4385-a487-c8f5364174e7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-reality-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cruel Reality
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura Curse
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If the player can't, they lose 5 life.

> *As Gideon watched the initiate murder his crop-mate, his admiration of the city of Naktamun gave way to horror.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Torment of Scarabs](/printing/torment-of-scarabs-hou.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
2. [Curse of Thirst](/printing/curse-of-thirst-pw12.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
3. [Curse of the Pierced Heart](/printing/curse-of-the-pierced-heart-isd.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
4. [Trespasser's Curse](/printing/trespassers-curse-akr.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
5. [Inevitable End](/printing/inevitable-end-thb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Curse of Death's Hold](/printing/curse-of-deaths-hold-isd.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #84
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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