---
name: "Demonic Dread"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Cascade"]
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "b090f1e5-1f7e-4492-9928-c5911a8ef95b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/demonic-dread-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Demonic Dread
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cascade

## Oracle Text
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Target creature can't block this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bituminous Blast](/printing/bituminous-blast-arc.md) — Instant
2. [Call Forth the Tempest](/printing/call-forth-the-tempest-hoc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty](/printing/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Druid
4. [Forceful Denial](/printing/forceful-denial-cmr.md) — Instant
5. [Heralds of Tzeentch](/printing/heralds-of-tzeentch-40k.md) — Creature — Demon
6. [Bloodbraid Marauder](/printing/bloodbraid-marauder-mh2.md) — Creature — Human Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #38
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **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`