---
name: "Dread Presence"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PM20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020 Promos"
collector_number: "96p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony Palumbo"
oracle_id: "1690a782-9e54-4231-9a72-abae5ed7050c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dread-presence-pm20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dread Presence
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

> *It beckons silently, waiting in the darkness.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tendrils of Corruption](/printing/tendrils-of-corruption-c14.md) — Instant
2. [Dark Triumph](/printing/dark-triumph-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Nighthaze](/printing/nighthaze-roe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Snuff Out](/printing/snuff-out-mmq.md) — Instant
5. [Rouse](/printing/rouse-mmq.md) — Instant
6. [Consuming Corruption](/printing/consuming-corruption-mh3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) #96p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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