---
name: "Flesh Burrower"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "178"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Maxime Minard"
oracle_id: "04c4250e-014a-4067-80e8-4134069354f7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flesh-burrower-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flesh Burrower
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

> *Symptoms of a burrower bite include fevers, chills, gangrene, subcutaneous writhing, a growing urge to eat the flesh of the living, and if you're lucky, death.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Serpent's Gift](/printing/serpents-gift-m13.md) — Instant
2. [Toxic Scorpion](/printing/toxic-scorpion-vow.md) — Creature — Scorpion
3. [Blooming Stinger](/printing/blooming-stinger-eoe.md) — Creature — Plant Scorpion
4. [Mirkwood Spider](/printing/mirkwood-spider-ltr.md) — Creature — Spider
5. [Pestilent Wolf](/printing/pestilent-wolf-dbl.md) — Creature — Wolf
6. [Skittering Heartstopper](/printing/skittering-heartstopper-xln.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #178
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Maxime Minard
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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