---
name: "Fear"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "4BB"
set_name: "Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Poole"
oracle_id: "355bbe9b-59bf-470f-8600-410af4c7fe18"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fear-4bb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fear
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

## 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. [Cursed Flesh](/printing/cursed-flesh-exo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Sleeper's Guile](/printing/sleepers-guile-ulg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Intimidation](/printing/intimidation-mmq.md) — Enchantment
6. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #137
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Poole
- **Total Printings:** 92 across all historical editions

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