---
name: "Unnerving Assault"
mana_cost: "{2}{U/R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "114"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "023f9e20-51fc-493d-a7aa-c9fcbdc7cd04"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unnerving-assault-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Unnerving Assault
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U/R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0 until end of turn if {U} was spent to cast this spell, and creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn if {R} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {U}{R} was spent.)

> *La balance de la bataille est rarement équilibrée.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Schismotivate](/printing/schismotivate-gpt.md) — Instant
2. [Skulduggery](/printing/skulduggery-otj.md) — Instant
3. [Zealous Persecution](/printing/zealous-persecution-e02.md) — Instant
4. [Rookie Mistake](/printing/rookie-mistake-m21.md) — Instant
5. [Uncomfortable Chill](/printing/uncomfortable-chill-j25.md) — Instant
6. [Cankerous Thirst](/printing/cankerous-thirst-eve.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #114
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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