---
name: "Gaze of Pain"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "b3a479d4-3e36-496b-abf8-b83231628d76"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gaze-of-pain-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gaze of Pain
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, you may choose to have it deal damage equal to its power to a target creature. If you do, it assigns no combat damage this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Predatory Focus](/printing/predatory-focus-gpt.md) — Sorcery
2. [Gruesome Slaughter](/printing/gruesome-slaughter-bfz.md) — Sorcery
3. [Aggressive Instinct](/printing/aggressive-instinct-gs1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Farrel's Zealot](/printing/farrels-zealot-fem.md) — Creature — Human
5. [Ravenous Pursuit](/printing/ravenous-pursuit-ymid.md) — Sorcery
6. [Outmaneuver](/printing/outmaneuver-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #128
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`