---
name: "Descent into Madness"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Anthony Francisco"
oracle_id: "88d42e0e-3921-4873-a53b-146220341f76"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/descent-into-madness-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Descent into Madness
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a despair counter on this enchantment, then each player exiles X permanents they control and/or cards from their hand, where X is the number of despair counters on this enchantment.

> *楼梯两端都朝下。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gibbering Descent](/printing/gibbering-descent-fut.md) — Enchantment
2. [Invoke Despair](/printing/invoke-despair-neo.md) — Sorcery
3. [Force of Despair](/printing/force-of-despair-mh1.md) — Instant
4. [Desolation](/printing/desolation-vis.md) — Enchantment
5. [Descent into Avernus](/printing/descent-into-avernus-sld.md) — Enchantment
6. [Brink of Madness](/printing/brink-of-madness-plst.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #97
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Anthony Francisco
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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