---
name: "Charging Slateback"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Morph"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "194"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "67457ecb-5ff2-4f5d-9039-b9e80f54bba8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/charging-slateback-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Charging Slateback
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Morph

## Oracle Text
This creature can't block.
Morph {4}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

> *Los trasgos valoran su piel porque sirve para fabricar cuchillas de roca para trineos.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bloodstoke Howler](/printing/bloodstoke-howler-lgn.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Battering Craghorn](/printing/battering-craghorn-arc.md) — Creature — Goat Beast
3. [Shaleskin Plower](/printing/shaleskin-plower-lgn.md) — Creature — Beast
4. [Horde Ambusher](/printing/horde-ambusher-ktk.md) — Creature — Human Berserker
5. [Skittish Valesk](/printing/skittish-valesk-ons.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Canyon Lurkers](/printing/canyon-lurkers-plst.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #194
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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