---
name: "Chitin Gravestalker"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Insect Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "acac15c8-877d-49d4-9b42-90181c05a684"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chitin-gravestalker-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chitin Gravestalker
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *La Vif-engeance ne fait pas de différence entre récupération et charogne.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vile Manifestation](/printing/vile-manifestation-akr.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Viscera Dragger](/printing/viscera-dragger-ala.md) — Creature — Zombie Ogre Warrior
3. [Chitinous Crawler](/printing/chitinous-crawler-ylci.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
4. [Grisly Survivor](/printing/grisly-survivor-hou.md) — Creature — Minotaur Warrior
5. [Hollow One](/printing/hollow-one-hou.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Webstrike Elite](/printing/webstrike-elite-dft.md) — Creature — Insect Archer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #79
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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