---
name: "Gibbering Descent"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Madness", "Hellbent"]
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ittoku"
oracle_id: "fbf6f677-d96b-406a-bc6f-4b244df72c7b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gibbering-descent-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gibbering Descent
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Madness, Hellbent

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life and discards a card.
Hellbent — Skip your upkeep step if you have no cards in hand.
Madness {2}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Descent into Madness](/printing/descent-into-madness-avr.md) — Enchantment
2. [Necrogen Mists](/printing/necrogen-mists-sld.md) — Enchantment
3. [Bottomless Pit](/printing/bottomless-pit-sld.md) — Enchantment
4. [Creeping Dread](/printing/creeping-dread-soi.md) — Enchantment
5. [Curse of Fool's Wisdom](/printing/curse-of-fools-wisdom-c19.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
6. [Asylum Visitor](/printing/asylum-visitor-inr.md) — Creature — Vampire Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #66
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ittoku
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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