---
name: "Hypnotic Pattern"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Olena Richards"
oracle_id: "81754776-63ac-47a7-be94-6cfafcdbc3f4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hypnotic-pattern-hbg"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hypnotic Pattern
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature perpetually gets -2/-0.
Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Davriel's Withering](/printing/davriels-withering-j21.md) — Instant
2. [Hydrosurge](/printing/hydrosurge-m13.md) — Instant
3. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant
5. [Wilderness Hypnotist](/printing/wilderness-hypnotist-eve.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Hysterical Blindness](/printing/hysterical-blindness-isd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #34
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Olena Richards

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