---
name: "Dirge of Dread"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "PSAL"
set_name: "Salvat 2005"
collector_number: "A18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "be7b16ef-32aa-40d5-b287-c5e79d52d6b9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dirge-of-dread-psal"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dirge of Dread
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
All creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Cycling {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may have target creature gain fear until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
2. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
3. [Dread](/printing/dread-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental Incarnation
4. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Dance of Shadows](/printing/dance-of-shadows-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #A18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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