---
name: "Lingering Tormentor"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Persist", "Fear"]
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Joshua Hagler"
oracle_id: "276b1bd8-8918-4226-bab3-100cf5aa3c24"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lingering-tormentor-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lingering Tormentor
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Persist, Fear

## Oracle Text
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

> *O bicho-papão não desaparece quando você fecha os olhos.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Squirming Mass](/printing/squirming-mass-uds.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Restless Apparition](/printing/restless-apparition-mm2.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
4. [Crawling Filth](/printing/crawling-filth-bok.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Severed Legion](/printing/severed-legion-dpa.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #36
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Joshua Hagler
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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