---
name: "Despoiler of Souls"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ORI"
set_name: "Magic Origins"
collector_number: "93"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "cabb0cf3-124a-4f5f-9ca7-2d45a72159ca"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/despoiler-of-souls-ori"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Despoiler of Souls
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1

## Oracle Text
This creature can't block.
{B}{B}, Exile two other creature cards from your graveyard: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *Rats and vultures devour. It desecrates.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Enslaved Horror](/printing/enslaved-horror-mmq.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Scrapheap Scrounger](/printing/scrapheap-scrounger-kld.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Eater of the Dead](/printing/eater-of-the-dead-me1.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Hell's Caretaker](/printing/hells-caretaker-leg.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Shambling Remains](/printing/shambling-remains-ddk.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
6. [Gravegouger](/printing/gravegouger-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Origins (ORI) #93
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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