---
name: "Frightful Delusion"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anthony Palumbo"
oracle_id: "13ca3ede-a4c8-463d-b160-99b4071034b0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/frightful-delusion-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Frightful Delusion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. That player discards a card.

> *存在するかどうかが疑問であっても、放たれる恐怖は耐えがたい程に現実的だ。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dismal Failure](/printing/dismal-failure-plc.md) — Instant
2. [Disrupt](/printing/disrupt-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Refute](/printing/refute-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Runeboggle](/printing/runeboggle-gpt.md) — Instant
5. [Rites of Refusal](/printing/rites-of-refusal-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Deny Entry](/printing/deny-entry-tle.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #57
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anthony Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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