---
name: "Cackling Observer"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Imp"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Seek"]
set: "YMKM"
set_name: "Alchemy: Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "1532315b-dc7d-4fc5-ae86-e96ff6a02d5f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cackling-observer-ymkm"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cackling Observer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Imp
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Seek

## Oracle Text
Flying
When Cackling Observer enters, target opponent reveals each nonland card in their hand. You choose one of those cards and exile it.
When Cackling Observer leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner seeks a nonland card with lesser mana value than the exiled card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pilfering Imp](/printing/pilfering-imp-grn.md) — Creature — Imp
2. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
3. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
4. [Shimian Specter](/printing/shimian-specter-m13.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Elite Spellbinder](/printing/elite-spellbinder-pstx.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Darkstar Banisher](/printing/darkstar-banisher-yblb.md) — Creature — Bat Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Murders at Karlov Manor (YMKM) #9
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Gabor Szikszai

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