---
name: "Anathemancer"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Wizard"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Unearth"]
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "33"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Whitters"
oracle_id: "137b5708-50a9-4f4c-84e6-9043be9f1989"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/anathemancer-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Anathemancer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Unearth

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, it deals damage to target player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Unearth {5}{B}{R} ({5}{B}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corpse Connoisseur](/printing/corpse-connoisseur-ddk.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
2. [Shambling Remains](/printing/shambling-remains-ddk.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
3. [Fatestitcher](/printing/fatestitcher-sld.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Dregscape Zombie](/printing/dregscape-zombie-arc.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Perennial Behemoth](/printing/perennial-behemoth-otc.md) — Artifact Creature — Beast
6. [Undead Leotau](/printing/undead-leotau-ala.md) — Creature — Zombie Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #33
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Whitters
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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