---
name: "Murderous Compulsion"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "126"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Palumbo"
oracle_id: "8fd8b4ef-69c8-43aa-9cbe-c46dba845ba8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/murderous-compulsion-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Murderous Compulsion
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Destroy target tapped creature.
Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

> *「助かったよ。手に持ったナイフが熱かったんだが、君の血で冷やせたようだ。」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Terminal Agony](/printing/terminal-agony-mh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Dark Withering](/printing/dark-withering-tsp.md) — Instant
3. [Assassinate](/printing/assassinate-cns.md) — Sorcery
4. [Death Stroke](/printing/death-stroke-sth.md) — Sorcery
5. [Murder](/printing/murder-znc.md) — Instant
6. [Twins of Maurer Estate](/printing/twins-of-maurer-estate-soi.md) — Creature — Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #126
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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