---
name: "Hoisted Hireling"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "UND"
set_name: "Unsanctioned"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alex Konstad"
oracle_id: "d6f22188-e9de-47d1-ba02-03e1f783204b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hoisted-hireling-und"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hoisted Hireling
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
This creature has flying as long as it's being held above the battlefield.

> *Zarv no longer trusted the kitten posters telling him to "hang in there."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Roofstalker Wight](/printing/roofstalker-wight-clu.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Carrion Crow](/printing/carrion-crow-m15.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird
3. [Dreadwing](/printing/dreadwing-con.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Geralf's Masterpiece](/printing/geralfs-masterpiece-sir.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
5. [Shriekdiver](/printing/shriekdiver-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird Warrior
6. [Vulturous Zombie](/printing/vulturous-zombie-cmd.md) — Creature — Plant Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unsanctioned (UND) #37
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alex Konstad
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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