---
name: "Cateran Enforcer"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Horror Mercenary"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Fear"]
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "121"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mike Ploog"
oracle_id: "a2f3139e-80f6-43fb-bdb7-d45d6eb2a652"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cateran-enforcer-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cateran Enforcer
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror Mercenary
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Fear

## Oracle Text
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
{4}, {T}: Search your library for a Mercenary permanent card with mana value 4 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rathi Intimidator](/printing/rathi-intimidator-nem.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror Mercenary
2. [Cateran Brute](/printing/cateran-brute-mmq.md) — Creature — Horror Mercenary
3. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Cateran Slaver](/printing/cateran-slaver-mmq.md) — Creature — Horror Mercenary
5. [Cateran Persuader](/printing/cateran-persuader-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary
6. [Severed Legion](/printing/severed-legion-dpa.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #121
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mike Ploog
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`