---
name: "Barrow Ghoul"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "WTH-61"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bryan Talbot"
oracle_id: "1610875f-48da-490c-a371-c439dc36f533"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/barrow-ghoul-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Barrow Ghoul
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.

> *"They killed my family to deny me a future. They fed on my ancestors to deny me a past."
—Crovax*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Famished Ghoul](/printing/famished-ghoul-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Rotting Giant](/printing/rotting-giant-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie Giant
3. [Sepulcher Ghoul](/printing/sepulcher-ghoul-afr.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [A-Sepulcher Ghoul](/printing/a-sepulcher-ghoul-afr.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Reclusive Wight](/printing/reclusive-wight-usg.md) — Creature — Zombie Minion
6. [Whipstitched Zombie](/printing/whipstitched-zombie-pcy.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #WTH-61
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bryan Talbot
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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