---
name: "Heart-Piercer Manticore"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Manticore"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Embalm"]
set: "PIO"
set_name: "Pioneer Masters"
collector_number: "140"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "253bec96-108c-4880-9c04-8bc99ceafa64"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heart-piercer-manticore-pio"
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
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **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. [Mount Velus Manticore](/printing/mount-velus-manticore-mh2.md) — Enchantment Creature — Manticore
3. [Manticore Eternal](/printing/manticore-eternal-hou.md) — Creature — Zombie Manticore
4. [A-Manticore](/printing/a-manticore-hbg.md) — Creature — Manticore
5. [Labyrinth Guardian](/printing/labyrinth-guardian-plst.md) — Creature — Illusion Warrior
6. [Invading Manticore](/printing/invading-manticore-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Manticore

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Pioneer Masters (PIO) #140
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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