---
name: "Frankenstein's Monster"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DRK"
set_name: "The Dark"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "100218ce-1572-4bce-bb00-d2df5f68705c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/frankensteins-monster-drk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Frankenstein's Monster
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1

## Oracle Text
As this creature enters, exile X creature cards from your graveyard. If you can't, put this creature into its owner's graveyard instead of onto the battlefield. For each creature card exiled this way, this creature enters with a +2/+0, +1/+1, or +0/+2 counter on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zombie Mob](/printing/zombie-mob-mir.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Sutured Ghoul](/printing/sutured-ghoul-m12.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Soul-Shackled Zombie](/printing/soul-shackled-zombie-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Drakestown Forgotten](/printing/drakestown-forgotten-vma.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Cemetery Desecrator](/printing/cemetery-desecrator-prm.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Makeshift Mauler](/printing/makeshift-mauler-inr.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Dark (DRK) #45
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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