---
name: "Corpse Connoisseur"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Unearth"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "838"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Hyzer"
oracle_id: "f39e2611-c837-4ad7-b3a8-1ee48b74777c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/corpse-connoisseur-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Corpse Connoisseur
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Unearth

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Unearth {3}{B} ({3}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

> *Acquiring his level of expertise is quite the undertaking.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corpse Harvester](/printing/corpse-harvester-lgn.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
2. [Dregscape Zombie](/printing/dregscape-zombie-arc.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Shambling Remains](/printing/shambling-remains-ddk.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
5. [Fatestitcher](/printing/fatestitcher-sld.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
6. [Anathemancer](/printing/anathemancer-f10.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #838
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Hyzer
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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