---
name: "Torture"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "HML"
set_name: "Homelands"
collector_number: "59a"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "389b6d77-47ab-43a3-99d1-dcc762939cc4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/torture-hml"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Torture
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
{1}{B}: Put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sadistic Obsession](/printing/sadistic-obsession-mh1.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Torment](/printing/torment-sth.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Biting Tether](/printing/biting-tether-shm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Clawing Torment](/printing/clawing-torment-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Ancestral Vengeance](/printing/ancestral-vengeance-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Foul Presence](/printing/foul-presence-apc.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Homelands (HML) #59a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 31 across all historical editions

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