---
name: "Fiend Artisan"
mana_cost: "{B/G}{B/G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "SPG"
set_name: "Special Guests"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "43b8456a-3333-4936-a09c-324327619c36"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fiend-artisan-spg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fiend Artisan
- **Mana Cost:** `{B/G}{B/G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
{X}{B/G}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blighted Nightmare](/printing/blighted-nightmare-yecl.md) — Enchantment
2. [Famished Ghoul](/printing/famished-ghoul-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Sepulcher Ghoul](/printing/sepulcher-ghoul-afr.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Gravegouger](/printing/gravegouger-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
5. [Grim Servant](/printing/grim-servant-mh3.md) — Creature — Zombie Warlock
6. [Wight of the Reliquary](/printing/wight-of-the-reliquary-mh3.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Special Guests (SPG) #83
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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