---
name: "Scare Tactics"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "DiTerlizzi"
oracle_id: "d7548770-5c60-4c3f-b1d6-554ab5f931f9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scare-tactics-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scare Tactics
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bloodcurdling Scream](/printing/bloodcurdling-scream-p02.md) — Sorcery
2. [Desperate Charge](/printing/desperate-charge-me3.md) — Sorcery
3. [Chorus of Woe](/printing/chorus-of-woe-p02.md) — Sorcery
4. [Breach](/printing/breach-usg.md) — Instant
5. [Howling Fury](/printing/howling-fury-por.md) — Sorcery
6. [Cower in Fear](/printing/cower-in-fear-mm3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** DiTerlizzi
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `legal`