---
name: "Silence the Believers"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Strive"]
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "3c2de008-5747-49c0-89c1-83331cb55896"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/silence-the-believers-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Silence the Believers
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Strive

## Oracle Text
Strive — This spell costs {2}{B} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Exile any number of target creatures and all Auras attached to them.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Consign to Dust](/printing/consign-to-dust-c18.md) — Instant
2. [Kiora's Dismissal](/printing/kioras-dismissal-jou.md) — Instant
3. [Blinding Flare](/printing/blinding-flare-jou.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hour of Need](/printing/hour-of-need-jou.md) — Instant
5. [Resounding Silence](/printing/resounding-silence-ala.md) — Instant
6. [Baleful Mastery](/printing/baleful-mastery-pstx.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #82
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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