---
name: "Withering Hex"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "181"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "96e41850-04a9-47bf-98a7-4238b25b1824"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/withering-hex-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Withering Hex
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Whenever a player cycles a card, put a plague counter on this Aura.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 for each plague counter on this Aura.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sicken](/printing/sicken-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Traveling Plague](/printing/traveling-plague-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [World-Weary](/printing/world-weary-mh2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Curse of Death's Hold](/printing/curse-of-deaths-hold-isd.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
5. [Festering Wound](/printing/festering-wound-uds.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Krovikan Plague](/printing/krovikan-plague-all.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #181
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`