---
name: "Melancholy"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "PLC"
set_name: "Planar Chaos"
collector_number: "88"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "58cc7682-f8ce-47cf-a291-0301fea9ddfd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/melancholy-plc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Melancholy
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this Aura unless you pay {B}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spectral Prison](/printing/spectral-prison-avr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Sleep Magic](/printing/sleep-magic-fin.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Thirst](/printing/thirst-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Castaway's Despair](/printing/castaways-despair-xln.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Sleeping Potion](/printing/sleeping-potion-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Charmed Sleep](/printing/charmed-sleep-hbg.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planar Chaos (PLC) #88
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West
- **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`