---
name: "Vile Requiem"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "167"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "a72213e7-16f0-4fbe-91d3-750ca51a4336"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vile-requiem-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vile Requiem
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy up to X target nonblack creatures, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Seal of Doom](/printing/seal-of-doom-mm3.md) — Enchantment
2. [Serra's Liturgy](/printing/serras-liturgy-usg.md) — Enchantment
3. [Attrition](/printing/attrition-mp2.md) — Enchantment
4. [Final Vengeance](/printing/final-vengeance-dsk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Torch Song](/printing/torch-song-usg.md) — Enchantment
6. [Hecatomb](/printing/hecatomb-6ed.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #167
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 18 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`