---
name: "Morbid Curiosity"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BBD"
set_name: "Battlebond"
collector_number: "149"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "59c620fb-a58d-4038-a7e2-0185324b5123"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/morbid-curiosity-bbd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Morbid Curiosity
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw cards equal to the mana value of the sacrificed permanent.

> *"Every creation carries a piece of its creators. Their knowledge, their dreams, their soul. That is the best part."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Costly Plunder](/printing/costly-plunder-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Skulltap](/printing/skulltap-scg.md) — Sorcery
3. [Corrupted Conviction](/printing/corrupted-conviction-otj.md) — Instant
4. [Altar's Reap](/printing/altars-reap-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Blood Divination](/printing/blood-divination-jmp.md) — Sorcery
6. [Necrogen Spellbomb](/printing/necrogen-spellbomb-mrd.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battlebond (BBD) #149
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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