---
name: "Despondency"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "USG-129"
rarity: "common"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "a68ac1ba-f51e-446c-abf0-7a2bd4d65a8c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/despondency-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Despondency
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-0.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mourning](/printing/mourning-inv.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Screams from Within](/printing/screams-from-within-soc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Enfeeblement](/printing/enfeeblement-9ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Dead Weight](/printing/dead-weight-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Debilitating Injury](/printing/debilitating-injury-ktk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Fool's Demise](/printing/fools-demise-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #USG-129
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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