---
name: "Withering Boon"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "152"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Robert Bliss"
oracle_id: "6d87415b-0618-48e1-9510-320c4611ecda"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/withering-boon-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Withering Boon
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life.
Counter target creature spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Undermine](/printing/undermine-inv.md) — Instant
2. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
3. [Psychic Barrier](/printing/psychic-barrier-nph.md) — Instant
4. [Deny the Witch](/printing/deny-the-witch-40k.md) — Instant
5. [Countersquall](/printing/countersquall-ddh.md) — Instant
6. [Absorb](/printing/absorb-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #152
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Robert Bliss
- **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`