---
name: "Demonic Lore"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mila Pesic"
oracle_id: "47a9df32-7588-4430-a40e-56a9041e0360"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/demonic-lore-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Demonic Lore
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, draw three cards.
At the beginning of your end step, you lose 2 life for each card in your hand.

> *"I grandi capolavori della letteratura cambiano per sempre il lettore."
—Nevinyrral, tiranno di Urborg*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Arena](/printing/phyrexian-arena-fdn.md) — Enchantment
2. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery
3. [Treacherous Blessing](/printing/treacherous-blessing-thb.md) — Enchantment
4. [Painful Bond](/printing/painful-bond-yneo.md) — Instant
5. [Demonic Pact](/printing/demonic-pact-fdn.md) — Enchantment
6. [Dark Tutelage](/printing/dark-tutelage-m11.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #118
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mila Pesic
- **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`