---
name: "Cry of Contrition"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Haunt"]
set: "GPT"
set_name: "Guildpact"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "2b455d6a-dfee-4828-8873-094caf85c584"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cry-of-contrition-gpt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cry of Contrition
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Haunt

## Oracle Text
Target player discards a card.
Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)
When the creature this card haunts dies, target player discards a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Haunting Hymn](/printing/haunting-hymn-ima.md) — Instant
2. [Specter's Wail](/printing/specters-wail-mmq.md) — Sorcery
3. [Psychic Miasma](/printing/psychic-miasma-som.md) — Sorcery
4. [Cryptwailing](/printing/cryptwailing-gpt.md) — Enchantment
5. [Horrifying Revelation](/printing/horrifying-revelation-mbs.md) — Sorcery
6. [Unhinge](/printing/unhinge-tor.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guildpact (GPT) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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