mh3
pmh3
Chthonian Nightmare 
Oracle Text
(three energy counters).
Pay X , Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Chthonian Nightmare, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| Modern | 4 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 83
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Chthonian Nightmare
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Callous Sell-Sword
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Marionette Apprentice
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Harmonic Prodigy
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Warren Soultrader
- 1 Grief
- 1 Falkenrath Aristocrat
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Skittering Precursor
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Fury
- 1 Greater Gargadon
- 1 Carrion Feeder
- 1 Cult Conscript
- 1 Forsaken Miner
- 1 Gravecrawler
- 1 Moonshadow
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Stalactite Stalker
- 1 Viscera Seer
- 1 Timeline Culler
- 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Stadium Headliner
- 1 Voldaren Epicure
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (35)
- 1 Abundant Countryside
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Eumidian Hatchery
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spymaster's Vault
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (8)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (8)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Floodpits Drowner
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Rhys, the Evermore
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Grief
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Astelli Reclaimer
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Steel Seraph
- 1 Phyrexian Fleshgorger
- 1 Moonshadow
- 1 Stalactite Stalker
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Lightstall Inquisitor
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (12)
Lands (36)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (40)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Badgermole Cub
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Viggo, Enforcer of Ig's Crossing
- 1 Grief
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 King of the Coldblood Curse
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Disciple of Freyalise
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (7)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Kraza, the Swarm as One
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Kraza, the Swarm as One
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
