---
name: "Mesmeric Fiend"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DDK"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dana Knutson"
oracle_id: "fb46b300-8a39-40d2-8bc7-31b90c822e22"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mesmeric Fiend
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Night Terrors](/printing/night-terrors-isd.md) — Sorcery
2. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Tidehollow Sculler](/printing/tidehollow-sculler-mma.md) — Artifact Creature — Zombie
4. [Brain Maggot](/printing/brain-maggot-f14.md) — Enchantment Creature — Insect
5. [Yarok's Fenlurker](/printing/yaroks-fenlurker-m20.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Hypnox](/printing/hypnox-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (DDK) #7
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dana Knutson
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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