---
name: "Paroxysm"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "f00dd41d-4b11-491a-9e7b-12245092ab77"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/paroxysm-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Paroxysm
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player reveals the top card of their library. If that card is a land card, destroy that creature. Otherwise, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crackling Emergence](/printing/crackling-emergence-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Parasitic Bond](/printing/parasitic-bond-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Cursed Land](/printing/cursed-land-leb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Curse of Unbinding](/printing/curse-of-unbinding-mic.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
5. [Fiery Mantle](/printing/fiery-mantle-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Krovikan Fetish](/printing/krovikan-fetish-me2.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #94
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **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`