---
name: "Hook Horror"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Molting Exoskeleton"]
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Olivier Bernard"
oracle_id: "ac81863b-10fe-44cb-bcd8-d704f89ff836"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hook-horror-hbg"
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"
---

# Hook Horror
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Molting Exoskeleton

## Oracle Text
Molting Exoskeleton — When Hook Horror dies, it perpetually gets -1/-1. Then if that card's toughness is 1 or greater, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Endless Cockroaches](/printing/endless-cockroaches-por.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Despoiler of Souls](/printing/despoiler-of-souls-ori.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Tenacious Dead](/printing/tenacious-dead-m14.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
4. [Retched Wretch](/printing/retched-wretch-ecl.md) — Creature — Goblin
5. [Krovikan Horror](/printing/krovikan-horror-me2.md) — Creature — Horror Spirit
6. [Enslaved Horror](/printing/enslaved-horror-mmq.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #44
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Olivier Bernard

## 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`