---
name: "Cackling Fiend"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BRB"
set_name: "Battle Royale Box Set"
collector_number: "11"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brian Despain"
oracle_id: "2029954b-6fa7-40d7-bb19-d7534c62be5d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cackling-fiend-brb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.

> *Its windpipe is only the first to amplify its maddening laughter.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Miasmic Mummy](/printing/miasmic-mummy-jmp.md) — Creature — Zombie Jackal
2. [Rottenheart Ghoul](/printing/rottenheart-ghoul-soi.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Sibsig Icebreakers](/printing/sibsig-icebreakers-dtk.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Liliana's Steward](/printing/lilianas-steward-m21.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Hecteyes](/printing/hecteyes-fin.md) — Creature — Ooze Horror
6. [Black Cat](/printing/black-cat-m15.md) — Creature — Zombie Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle Royale Box Set (BRB) #11
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brian Despain
- **Total Printings:** 19 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`