---
name: "Psychomancer"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Harbinger of Despair"]
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alex Konstad"
oracle_id: "589b742c-fee5-413a-a56c-4d4ffaf0f73d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychomancer-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychomancer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Harbinger of Despair

## Oracle Text
Flying
Harbinger of Despair — Whenever this creature or another nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield or is put into exile from the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Emissary of Despair](/printing/emissary-of-despair-dst.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Archfiend of Despair](/printing/archfiend-of-despair-bbd.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Soul Scourge](/printing/soul-scourge-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
4. [Necrogen Scudder](/printing/necrogen-scudder-som.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
5. [Emissary of Hope](/printing/emissary-of-hope-dst.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Psychic Symbiont](/printing/psychic-symbiont-2x2.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #51
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alex Konstad
- **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: `not_legal`