---
name: "Requiting Hex"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Blight"]
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "eda16b31-33db-4ad2-901a-80fbe6273733"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/requiting-hex-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Requiting Hex
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Blight

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may blight 1. (You may put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Destroy target creature with mana value 2 or less. If this spell's additional cost was paid, you gain 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bogslither's Embrace](/printing/bogslithers-embrace-ecl.md) — Sorcery
2. [Pyrrhic Strike](/printing/pyrrhic-strike-ecl.md) — Instant
3. [Wild Unraveling](/printing/wild-unraveling-ecl.md) — Instant
4. [Withering Boon](/printing/withering-boon-mir.md) — Instant
5. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
6. [Lethal Sting](/printing/lethal-sting-akr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #116
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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