---
name: "Carnophage"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TPR"
set_name: "Tempest Remastered"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "9ac77cfd-7d78-4c8a-bffc-17649a852114"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/carnophage-tpr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, tap this creature unless you pay 1 life.

> *Eating is all it knows.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sangrophage](/printing/sangrophage-tsp.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Whipstitched Zombie](/printing/whipstitched-zombie-pcy.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Carrion Howler](/printing/carrion-howler-rav.md) — Creature — Zombie Wolf
4. [Shambling Ghoul](/printing/shambling-ghoul-j22.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Barrow Ghoul](/printing/barrow-ghoul-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Entrails Feaster](/printing/entrails-feaster-ons.md) — Creature — Zombie Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest Remastered (TPR) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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