---
name: "Chitinous Crawler"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Insect Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Descend", "Conjure"]
set: "YLCI"
set_name: "Alchemy: Ixalan"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "aa1d3608-675b-459b-a21b-7dd66ca13beb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chitinous-crawler-ylci"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chitinous Crawler
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Descend, Conjure

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose target creature card in your graveyard. Conjure a duplicate of it into your graveyard.
Descend 8 — Exile a permanent card from your graveyard: You may play it. Activate only as a sorcery and only if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stinging Cave Crawler](/printing/stinging-cave-crawler-lci.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
2. [Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake](/printing/uchbenbak-the-great-mistake-lci.md) — Legendary Creature — Skeleton Horror
3. [Chitin Gravestalker](/printing/chitin-gravestalker-dft.md) — Creature — Insect Warrior
4. [Sheoldred's Assimilator](/printing/sheoldreds-assimilator-yone.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
5. [Chupacabra Echo](/printing/chupacabra-echo-lci.md) — Creature — Beast Horror Spirit
6. [Bygone Marvels](/printing/bygone-marvels-lcc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Ixalan (YLCI) #9
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall

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