---
name: "Discordant Dirge"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "edd4741b-3ee6-421a-8bac-d60736755356"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/discordant-dirge-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Discordant Dirge
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment.
{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Look at target opponent's hand and choose up to X cards from it, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment. That player discards those cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tourach's Canticle](/printing/tourachs-canticle-mh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Seer's Vision](/printing/seers-vision-inv.md) — Enchantment
3. [Render Speechless](/printing/render-speechless-sos.md) — Sorcery
4. [Mind Slash](/printing/mind-slash-8ed.md) — Enchantment
5. [Vessel of Malignity](/printing/vessel-of-malignity-soi.md) — Enchantment
6. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #131
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 10 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: `legal`