---
name: "Gnarled Scarhide"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Minotaur"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Bestow"]
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "1ef73cc0-fe72-4040-a932-bcd4b1a704a3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gnarled-scarhide-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gnarled Scarhide
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Minotaur
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Bestow

## Oracle Text
Bestow {3}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
This creature can't block.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1 and can't block.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spirespine](/printing/spirespine-jou.md) — Enchantment Creature — Beast
2. [Sightless Brawler](/printing/sightless-brawler-jou.md) — Enchantment Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Purphoros's Emissary](/printing/purphoross-emissary-2x2.md) — Enchantment Creature — Ox
4. [Erebos's Emissary](/printing/ereboss-emissary-ths.md) — Enchantment Creature — Snake
5. [Noble Quarry](/printing/noble-quarry-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Unicorn
6. [Cavern Lampad](/printing/cavern-lampad-pio.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nymph

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #72
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`