---
name: "Carrion"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "111"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Geofrey Darrow"
oracle_id: "84ca8d74-95ec-4a9c-8793-7a195ad28be9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/carrion-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Carrion
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 0/1 black Insect creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tend the Pests](/printing/tend-the-pests-stx.md) — Instant
2. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
3. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Skittering Monstrosity](/printing/skittering-monstrosity-tsp.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Call for Blood](/printing/call-for-blood-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #111
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Geofrey Darrow
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`