---
name: "Tormented Thoughts"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Allen Williams"
oracle_id: "18aee20d-ab73-4fdb-a65c-101beae5fcf5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tormented-thoughts-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tormented Thoughts
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target player discards a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

> *「目覚めても逃れられない悪夢もあるのだよ。」 ――悪夢の織り手、アショク*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Tendrils of Despair](/printing/tendrils-of-despair-wth.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mind Extraction](/printing/mind-extraction-apc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Desperate Plea](/printing/desperate-plea-tle.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
5. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #86
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Allen Williams
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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