---
name: "Profane Command"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "256"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "6f9ecfc4-85bd-4171-9031-dbe0e39e0135"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/profane-command-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Profane Command
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose two —
• Target player loses X life.
• Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
• Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ebony Charm](/printing/ebony-charm-wc97.md) — Instant
2. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant
3. [Crippling Fear](/printing/crippling-fear-pkhm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Breach](/printing/breach-usg.md) — Instant
5. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
6. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #256
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **Total Printings:** 44 across all historical editions

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