---
name: "Dread Slaver"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "8110f092-41b0-4e53-a7d7-f7e3cbc4a52a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dread-slaver-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dread Slaver
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/5

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

> *統治無知者僅需半邊腦。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Enslaved Horror](/printing/enslaved-horror-mmq.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Dread Wanderer](/printing/dread-wanderer-akh.md) — Creature — Zombie Jackal
3. [Grixis Slavedriver](/printing/grixis-slavedriver-mm3.md) — Creature — Zombie Giant
4. [Command the Dreadhorde](/printing/command-the-dreadhorde-war.md) — Sorcery
5. [Lim-Dûl the Necromancer](/printing/lim-dûl-the-necromancer-tsp.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Unstoppable Slasher](/printing/unstoppable-slasher-dsk.md) — Creature — Zombie Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #98
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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