---
name: "Dread Defiler"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Eldrazi"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Devoid"]
set: "POGW"
set_name: "Oath of the Gatewatch Promos"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joseph Meehan"
oracle_id: "ebdd0027-3340-459e-a598-dd416e76744f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dread-defiler-pogw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dread Defiler
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Eldrazi
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/8
- **Keywords:** Devoid

## Oracle Text
Devoid (This card has no color.)
{3}{C}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Target opponent loses life equal to the exiled card's power. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

> *It left behind an echoing emptiness more horrible than the grave.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Essence Depleter](/printing/essence-depleter-ogw.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Drone
2. [Wasteland Strangler](/printing/wasteland-strangler-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Processor
3. [Cryptic Cruiser](/printing/cryptic-cruiser-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Processor
4. [Barrage Tyrant](/printing/barrage-tyrant-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi
5. [Oracle of Dust](/printing/oracle-of-dust-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Processor
6. [Eldrazi Displacer](/printing/eldrazi-displacer-m3c.md) — Creature — Eldrazi

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #68
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joseph Meehan
- **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`