---
name: "The Black Breath"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Chris Cold"
oracle_id: "c0afbb32-dc50-436a-bd24-2990c103a4f8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-black-breath-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Black Breath
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

> *"Cuando el hálito negro despierte, crecerá la sombra de la muerte".
—Rima de los días pasados*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cower in Fear](/printing/cower-in-fear-mm3.md) — Instant
2. [Make Obsolete](/printing/make-obsolete-klr.md) — Instant
3. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Festergloom](/printing/festergloom-cn2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Arms of Hadar](/printing/arms-of-hadar-clb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Blight-Breath Catoblepas](/printing/blight-breath-catoblepas-thb.md) — Creature — Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #78
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Chris Cold
- **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: `not_legal`