---
name: "Dimir House Guard"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Regenerate", "Fear", "Transmute"]
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Zeleznik"
oracle_id: "35c027cd-f754-4e41-9242-8a9d0481171c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dimir-house-guard-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dimir House Guard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Regenerate, Fear, Transmute

## Oracle Text
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.
Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dimir Infiltrator](/printing/dimir-infiltrator-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Kjeldoran Dead](/printing/kjeldoran-dead-6ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
3. [Fleshwrither](/printing/fleshwrither-fut.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Brainspoil](/printing/brainspoil-rav.md) — Sorcery
5. [Asphodel Wanderer](/printing/asphodel-wanderer-ths.md) — Creature — Skeleton Soldier
6. [Drudge Skeletons](/printing/drudge-skeletons-9ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #83
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Zeleznik
- **Total Printings:** 26 across all historical editions

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