---
name: "Painful Bond"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "YNEO"
set_name: "Alchemy: Kamigawa"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jodie Muir"
oracle_id: "99bf33b5-a980-4c26-a97c-93e920450e15"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/painful-bond-yneo"
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"
---

# Painful Bond
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards, then nonland cards in your hand with mana value 3 or less perpetually gain "When you cast this spell, you lose 1 life."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Painful Lesson](/printing/painful-lesson-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Treacherous Blessing](/printing/treacherous-blessing-thb.md) — Enchantment
3. [Blood Pact](/printing/blood-pact-mid.md) — Instant
4. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Succumb to Temptation](/printing/succumb-to-temptation-emn.md) — Instant
6. [Gruesome Realization](/printing/gruesome-realization-bro.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Kamigawa (YNEO) #12
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jodie Muir

## 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`