---
name: "Hopeless Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "WOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dominik Mayer"
oracle_id: "5e63b69c-d901-4a01-8dfa-88e044856239"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hopeless-nightmare-woe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "banned"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hopeless Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, scry 2.
{2}{B}: Sacrifice this enchantment.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Taken by Nightmares](/printing/taken-by-nightmares-woe.md) — Instant
2. [Wicked Visitor](/printing/wicked-visitor-woe.md) — Creature — Nightmare
3. [Lose Hope](/printing/lose-hope-5dn.md) — Instant
4. [Shadows of the Past](/printing/shadows-of-the-past-ori.md) — Enchantment
5. [Raiders' Wake](/printing/raiders-wake-plst.md) — Enchantment
6. [Nihilistic Glee](/printing/nihilistic-glee-dis.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #95
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dominik Mayer
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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