---
name: "Mycelic Ballad"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery — Chorus"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Intensity"]
set: "YLCI"
set_name: "Alchemy: Ixalan"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Szabo"
oracle_id: "c271c1c2-d7b8-4aef-9bd4-59d641afd595"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mycelic-ballad-ylci"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mycelic Ballad
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Chorus
- **Keywords:** Intensity

## Oracle Text
Starting intensity 2
Each player sacrifices X creatures and you gain X life, where X is this spell's intensity.
All Chorus cards you own intensify by 1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Legion's Chant](/printing/legions-chant-ylci.md) — Sorcery — Chorus
2. [Hymn to the Ages](/printing/hymn-to-the-ages-ylci.md) — Instant — Chorus
3. [Ribald Shanty](/printing/ribald-shanty-ylci.md) — Instant — Chorus
4. [Ichor Explosion](/printing/ichor-explosion-nph.md) — Sorcery
5. [Colossal Chorus](/printing/colossal-chorus-ylci.md) — Sorcery — Chorus
6. [Chittering Skullspeaker](/printing/chittering-skullspeaker-yblb.md) — Creature — Squirrel Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Ixalan (YLCI) #12
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Szabo

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