---
name: "Lurking Evil"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "140"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "81d6b42e-9c41-4d1e-bd28-4662e1fde572"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lurking-evil-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lurking Evil
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Pay half your life, rounded up: This enchantment becomes a 4/4 Phyrexian Horror creature with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Scourge](/printing/soul-scourge-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
2. [Necrogen Scudder](/printing/necrogen-scudder-som.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
3. [Cursed Monstrosity](/printing/cursed-monstrosity-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Lurking Skirge](/printing/lurking-skirge-ulg.md) — Enchantment
5. [Spellskite](/printing/spellskite-nph.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
6. [Lurking Jackals](/printing/lurking-jackals-uds.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #140
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`