---
name: "Unfulfilled Desires"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "285"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "a5827d57-ae8b-44b0-a81b-3d191a0ba2fa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unfulfilled-desires-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unfulfilled Desires
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}, Pay 1 life: Draw a card, then discard a card.

> *"Like Day from Night, / I'll live my life apart from you, just glimpsing you across the sky, / because you cannot change, my dear, and nor can I."
—"Love Song of Night and Day"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Compulsion](/printing/compulsion-tor.md) — Enchantment
2. [Greed](/printing/greed-leg.md) — Enchantment
3. [Tainted Indulgence](/printing/tainted-indulgence-snc.md) — Instant
4. [Succumb to Temptation](/printing/succumb-to-temptation-emn.md) — Instant
5. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mental Discipline](/printing/mental-discipline-uds.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #285
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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