---
name: "Winter, Misanthropic Guide"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warlock"
colors: ["B", "G", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "R"]
keywords: ["Delirium", "Ward"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "365"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sam Wolfe Connelly"
oracle_id: "5a9baafb-bffd-4e28-bbe1-b4154cd86bf3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/winter-misanthropic-guide-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Winter, Misanthropic Guide
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Delirium, Ward

## Oracle Text
Ward {2}
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws two cards.
Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, each opponent's maximum hand size is equal to seven minus the number of those card types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Winter, Cynical Opportunist](/printing/winter-cynical-opportunist-dsc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
2. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Backwoods Survivalists](/printing/backwoods-survivalists-emn.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Gibbering Fiend](/printing/gibbering-fiend-soi.md) — Creature — Devil
5. [Hand That Feeds](/printing/hand-that-feeds-dsk.md) — Creature — Mutant
6. [Paranoid Parish-Blade](/printing/paranoid-parish-blade-soi.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #365
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sam Wolfe Connelly
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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