---
name: "Intimidation"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "142"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Terese Nielsen"
oracle_id: "a345d7d1-5d30-49a0-b139-a46f9419c50f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/intimidation-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Intimidation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Creatures you control have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
2. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
3. [Fear](/printing/fear-lea.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Hideous Visage](/printing/hideous-visage-m12.md) — Sorcery
5. [Squirming Mass](/printing/squirming-mass-uds.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #142
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Terese Nielsen
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`