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Hysterical Blindness

Magic: The GatheringInnistrad#59

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InnistradISD · #59

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.04 € · ★ 0.14 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.40 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Blue

Card text

Creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PennyLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Wayne England
Card language: English
Release date: 2011-09-30

Flavour text

"The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat." —Ludevic, necro-alchemist

Rulings

2011-09-22

Hysterical Blindness's effect will continue to apply to a creature even if you (or a teammate) gains control of that creature later in the turn.

2011-09-22

Only creatures controlled by your opponent when Hysterical Blindness resolves will get -4/-0. Creatures that enter or that an opponent gains control of later in the turn will be unaffected.