---
name: "Pillar Tombs of Aku"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "World Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "67"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Terese Nielsen"
oracle_id: "b8cdf79f-b247-4346-8122-9a2d7d23b3c3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pillar-tombs-of-aku-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pillar Tombs of Aku
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** World Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If that player doesn't, they lose 5 life and you sacrifice this enchantment.

> *"Aku, City of Hidden Graves / Aku, City of Lost Kings / Aku, welcome me."
—Pillar tomb inscription*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Call to the Grave](/printing/call-to-the-grave-scg.md) — Enchantment
2. [Doom Foretold](/printing/doom-foretold-eld.md) — Enchantment
3. [Vile Consumption](/printing/vile-consumption-inv.md) — Enchantment
4. [Pendrell Mists](/printing/pendrell-mists-wth.md) — Enchantment
5. [Cruel Reality](/printing/cruel-reality-akh.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
6. [Earthlink](/printing/earthlink-me2.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #67
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Terese Nielsen
- **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`