---
name: "Defiler of Flesh"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "PDMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United Promos"
collector_number: "90p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "3ad002de-8be3-48d2-a0e0-865538144789"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defiler-of-flesh-pdmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Defiler of Flesh
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {B} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Andradite Leech](/printing/andradite-leech-inv.md) — Creature — Leech
2. [Smolder Initiate](/printing/smolder-initiate-shm.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
3. [Defiler of Instinct](/printing/defiler-of-instinct-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Kavu
4. [K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth](/printing/krrik-son-of-yawgmoth-c19.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion
5. [Hatred](/printing/hatred-exo.md) — Instant
6. [Derelor](/printing/derelor-6ed.md) — Creature — Thrull

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #90p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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