---
name: "Ebony Charm"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "120"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Gerry Grace"
oracle_id: "2f3237fe-9e07-4aad-8bc8-7ef4b510dd36"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ebony-charm-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ebony Charm
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
• Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.
• Target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Profane Command](/printing/profane-command-ddh.md) — Sorcery
2. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant
3. [Erebos's Intervention](/printing/ereboss-intervention-pthb.md) — Instant
4. [Archenemy's Charm](/printing/archenemys-charm-eoe.md) — Instant
5. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
6. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #120
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Gerry Grace
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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