---
name: "Lose Hope"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "5DN-52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "4f6dbd90-f7fe-4adf-a00f-27573c0bd5c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lose-hope-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lose Hope
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cruel Finality](/printing/cruel-finality-aer.md) — Instant
2. [Lost in a Labyrinth](/printing/lost-in-a-labyrinth-ths.md) — Instant
3. [Drown in Sorrow](/printing/drown-in-sorrow-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lost Legion](/printing/lost-legion-eld.md) — Creature — Spirit Knight
5. [Fading Hope](/printing/fading-hope-j25.md) — Instant
6. [Putrid Cyclops](/printing/putrid-cyclops-fut.md) — Creature — Zombie Cyclops

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #5DN-52
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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