---
name: "Defiling Tears"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Regenerate"]
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "0decd8ea-a3d6-436b-81e9-bdd836537a1c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defiling-tears-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defiling Tears
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Regenerate

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature becomes black, gets +1/-1, and gains "{B}: Regenerate this creature."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant
2. [Darkling Stalker](/printing/darkling-stalker-tmp.md) — Creature — Shade Spirit
3. [Horror of Horrors](/printing/horror-of-horrors-leg.md) — Enchantment
4. [Necrobite](/printing/necrobite-m15.md) — Instant
5. [Dark Banishing](/printing/dark-banishing-ptc.md) — Instant
6. [Terror](/printing/terror-ced.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #99
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`