---
name: "Gnaw to the Bone"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "183"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott Chou"
oracle_id: "7b92ac54-3883-48cf-b01e-be9797dc1649"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gnaw-to-the-bone-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gnaw to the Bone
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
You gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard.
Flashback {2}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ancestral Tribute](/printing/ancestral-tribute-ody.md) — Sorcery
2. [Folk Medicine](/printing/folk-medicine-jud.md) — Instant
3. [Blossoming Wreath](/printing/blossoming-wreath-wth.md) — Instant
4. [Invigorating Falls](/printing/invigorating-falls-tor.md) — Sorcery
5. [Bone Harvest](/printing/bone-harvest-mir.md) — Instant
6. [Turn the Earth](/printing/turn-the-earth-mid.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #183
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott Chou
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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