---
name: "Diminish"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "M11"
set_name: "Magic 2011"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "3e554ab4-8179-4d3e-84ba-9a67b51cff7f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/diminish-m11"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Diminish
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.

> *"'¡Escapé por poco!', dijo Alicia, un poco asustada del cambio repentino, pero contenta de estar todavía con vida."
—Lewis Carroll, Alicia en el país de las maravillas*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mass Diminish](/printing/mass-diminish-c19.md) — Sorcery
2. [Reduce in Stature](/printing/reduce-in-stature-dtk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Serendib Sorcerer](/printing/serendib-sorcerer-plc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard Sorcerer
4. [Humble](/printing/humble-usg.md) — Instant
5. [Shrink](/printing/shrink-hml.md) — Instant
6. [Ovinize](/printing/ovinize-dmr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2011 (M11) #52
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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