---
name: "Brood of Cockroaches"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot"
oracle_id: "7a22d694-29d1-4e7b-8fca-d7008aede489"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brood-of-cockroaches-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Brood of Cockroaches
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return this card to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Endless Cockroaches](/printing/endless-cockroaches-por.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Durable Coilbug](/printing/durable-coilbug-j22.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Rotfeaster Maggot](/printing/rotfeaster-maggot-bbd.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Maggot Carrier](/printing/maggot-carrier-8ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Carrion Locust](/printing/carrion-locust-bro.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
6. [Dawn of the Dead](/printing/dawn-of-the-dead-tor.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #53
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`