---
name: "Carrion Howler"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Wolf"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Zeleznik"
oracle_id: "e139176f-483f-4f05-af3d-0176d0048b62"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/carrion-howler-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Carrion Howler
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Wolf
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Pay 1 life: This creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.

> *They chase tirelessly after the bone-carts that speed along the streets of the Plague Quarter.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Desolation Prowler](/printing/desolation-prowler-hob.md) — Creature — Wolf
2. [Gutless Ghoul](/printing/gutless-ghoul-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Zombie
3. [Gnawing Zombie](/printing/gnawing-zombie-m14.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Carnophage](/printing/carnophage-prm.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Putrid Leech](/printing/putrid-leech-arb.md) — Creature — Zombie Leech
6. [Mournful Zombie](/printing/mournful-zombie-apc.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #79
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Zeleznik
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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