---
name: "Dread Fugue"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cleave"]
set: "VOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow"
collector_number: "107"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Rovina Cai"
oracle_id: "efe4194a-b3c5-4308-abfe-553e035f5e64"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dread-fugue-vow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dread Fugue
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cleave

## Oracle Text
Cleave {2}{B} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it [with mana value 2 or less]. That player discards that card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Splitting Headache](/printing/splitting-headache-shm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mind Slash](/printing/mind-slash-8ed.md) — Enchantment
3. [Davriel's Shadowfugue](/printing/davriels-shadowfugue-war.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fugue](/printing/fugue-exo.md) — Sorcery
5. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #107
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Rovina Cai
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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