---
name: "Hypnotic Cloud"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "109"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "277757c6-4c4c-4a4c-84f6-4a64fe3b3bfe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hypnotic-cloud-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hypnotic Cloud
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.)
Target player discards a card. If this spell was kicked, that player discards three cards instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battlewing Mystic](/printing/battlewing-mystic-dmu.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
2. [Shatterskull Charger](/printing/shatterskull-charger-pznr.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
3. [Rite of Replication](/printing/rite-of-replication-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hunting Wilds](/printing/hunting-wilds-c18.md) — Sorcery
5. [Timely Interference](/printing/timely-interference-dmu.md) — Instant
6. [Nullpriest of Oblivion](/printing/nullpriest-of-oblivion-pznr.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #109
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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