---
name: "Painbringer"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Minion"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "155"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "6ca49880-4e12-494b-b14e-e49385d0f7f5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/painbringer-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Painbringer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Minion
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{T}, Exile any number of cards from your graveyard: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards exiled this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Haunting Misery](/printing/haunting-misery-wth.md) — Sorcery
2. [Chill Haunting](/printing/chill-haunting-scg.md) — Instant
3. [Cabal Patriarch](/printing/cabal-patriarch-ody.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Screams of the Damned](/printing/screams-of-the-damned-ody.md) — Enchantment
5. [Black Sun's Twilight](/printing/black-suns-twilight-pone.md) — Instant
6. [Festive Funeral](/printing/festive-funeral-eld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #155
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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