---
name: "Ambush Gigapede"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kekai Kotaki"
oracle_id: "4faf62c3-3ba7-4540-be26-777305ef184e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ambush-gigapede-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ambush Gigapede
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/2
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

> *"La primera regla para cruzar la ciénaga de Ganchonegro es que, si no puedes ver el fondo, no cruces".
—Chance Mulligan, guía silvestre*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blitz Leech](/printing/blitz-leech-iko.md) — Creature — Leech
2. [Downwind Ambusher](/printing/downwind-ambusher-blb.md) — Creature — Skunk Assassin
3. [Brinebarrow Intruder](/printing/brinebarrow-intruder-khm.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Spire Mangler](/printing/spire-mangler-rna.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Blister Beetle](/printing/blister-beetle-ala.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Giant Ambush Beetle](/printing/giant-ambush-beetle-arb.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #77
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kekai Kotaki
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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