---
name: "Smell Fear"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Fight", "Proliferate"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "638"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "c9739382-9fe0-4d24-b58e-1e45a88491b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smell-fear-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Smell Fear
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Fight, Proliferate

## Oracle Text
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Target creature you control fights up to one target creature you don't control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spread the Sickness](/printing/spread-the-sickness-mm2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Plaguemaw Beast](/printing/plaguemaw-beast-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast
3. [Courage in Crisis](/printing/courage-in-crisis-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Contentious Plan](/printing/contentious-plan-sld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fuel for the Cause](/printing/fuel-for-the-cause-mbs.md) — Instant
6. [Prey Upon](/printing/prey-upon-uma.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #638
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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