---
name: "Face of Fear"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "134"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "605787fe-64e9-4de8-974a-473277b0ba2e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/face-of-fear-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Face of Fear
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
{2}{B}, Discard a card: This creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

> *„Es hat nur fünf Leute zu Tode erschreckt. Daran muss ich noch arbeiten." —Braids, Wahnwitz-Beschwörerin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
2. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
3. [Squirming Mass](/printing/squirming-mass-uds.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Abyssal Nocturnus](/printing/abyssal-nocturnus-gpt.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant
6. [Fear](/printing/fear-lea.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #134
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`