---
name: "Resounding Scream"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "287d5a5d-e477-4d5b-815a-d83c73f4792d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/resounding-scream-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Resounding Scream
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Target player discards a card at random.
Cycling {5}{U}{B}{R} ({5}{U}{B}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, target player discards two cards at random.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Specter's Wail](/printing/specters-wail-mmq.md) — Sorcery
2. [Unburden](/printing/unburden-akr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Hymn to Tourach](/printing/hymn-to-tourach-ptc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Cry of Contrition](/printing/cry-of-contrition-gpt.md) — Sorcery
5. [Haunting Hymn](/printing/haunting-hymn-ima.md) — Instant
6. [Unhinge](/printing/unhinge-tor.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #83
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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