---
name: "Heart-Piercer Manticore"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Manticore"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Embalm"]
set: "PAKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet Promos"
collector_number: "138s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "253bec96-108c-4880-9c04-8bc99ceafa64"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heart-piercer-manticore-pakh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Heart-Piercer Manticore
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Manticore
- **Keywords:** Embalm

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.
Embalm {5}{R} ({5}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Manticore with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Manticore of the Gauntlet](/printing/manticore-of-the-gauntlet-akh.md) — Creature — Manticore
2. [Manticore Eternal](/printing/manticore-eternal-hou.md) — Creature — Zombie Manticore
3. [Mount Velus Manticore](/printing/mount-velus-manticore-mh2.md) — Enchantment Creature — Manticore
4. [A-Manticore](/printing/a-manticore-hbg.md) — Creature — Manticore
5. [Labyrinth Guardian](/printing/labyrinth-guardian-akh.md) — Creature — Illusion Warrior
6. [Invading Manticore](/printing/invading-manticore-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Manticore

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #138s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2017-04-18)* The sacrificed creature's last known existence on the battlefield is checked to determine its power.
- *(2017-04-18)* For each card with embalm, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Amonkhet booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with embalm; you can use the same items to represent an embalmed token as you would any other token.
- *(2017-04-18)* Heart-Piercer Manticore's damage-dealing ability triggers only when you sacrifice a creature as a result of the instruction of its triggered ability. It won't trigger if you sacrifice a creature for any other reason.
- *(2017-04-18)* The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
- *(2017-04-18)* If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
- *(2017-04-18)* You can't sacrifice multiple creatures to deal damage multiple times.