---
name: "Tortured Existence"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "STH"
set_name: "Stronghold"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Keith Parkinson"
oracle_id: "fa9dfcf7-069c-4441-9ea0-133de47ecada"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tortured-existence-sth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tortured Existence
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
2. [Phyrexian Reclamation](/printing/phyrexian-reclamation-tdc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Edgar's Awakening](/printing/edgars-awakening-vow.md) — Sorcery
4. [Undertaker](/printing/undertaker-tsb.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
5. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Malevolent Awakening](/printing/malevolent-awakening-ody.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Stronghold (STH) #74
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Keith Parkinson
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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