---
name: "Hideous Laughter"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "115"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "e9022d1c-2f5c-4a1f-a44e-0e4f9651e729"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hideous-laughter-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hideous Laughter
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane {3}{B}{B} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Hell Swarm](/printing/hell-swarm-leg.md) — Instant
3. [Pull Under](/printing/pull-under-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane
4. [Shrivel](/printing/shrivel-m14.md) — Sorcery
5. [Glistening Deluge](/printing/glistening-deluge-mom.md) — Sorcery
6. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #115
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`