---
name: "Hatred"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Brom"
oracle_id: "40601061-1b25-4db8-8b99-33324ce945cf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hatred-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hatred
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

> *"I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough."
—Greven *il*-Vec, to Gerrard*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nightmare's Thirst](/printing/nightmares-thirst-m19.md) — Instant
2. [Toxic Deluge](/printing/toxic-deluge-pz1.md) — Sorcery
3. [Howl from Beyond](/printing/howl-from-beyond-7ed.md) — Instant
4. [Bloodcurdling Scream](/printing/bloodcurdling-scream-p02.md) — Sorcery
5. [Withering Boon](/printing/withering-boon-mir.md) — Instant
6. [Bond of Agony](/printing/bond-of-agony-dis.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #64
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Brom
- **Total Printings:** 10 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: `not_legal`