---
name: "Dakmor Ghoul"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "S99"
set_name: "Starter 1999"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dana Knutson"
oracle_id: "6b25b7d7-ebb1-474c-9898-e027dbf0bbdd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dakmor-ghoul-s99"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dakmor Ghoul
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

> *"Cursed be the sickly forms that err from honest Nature's rule!"
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Locksley Hall"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gutless Ghoul](/printing/gutless-ghoul-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Zombie
2. [Vedalken Ghoul](/printing/vedalken-ghoul-arb.md) — Creature — Vedalken Zombie
3. [Soul-Shackled Zombie](/printing/soul-shackled-zombie-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Noxious Ghoul](/printing/noxious-ghoul-hop.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Shambling Goblin](/printing/shambling-goblin-cn2.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
6. [Gray Merchant of Asphodel](/printing/gray-merchant-of-asphodel-dsc.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Starter 1999 (S99) #70
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dana Knutson

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