---
name: "Horobi, Death's Wail"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "117"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Bolton"
oracle_id: "44e8d51e-0885-49df-a77c-cf4a88e41bc1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/horobi-deaths-wail-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Horobi, Death's Wail
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skulking Ghost](/printing/skulking-ghost-ema.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Cursed Monstrosity](/printing/cursed-monstrosity-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Keening Banshee](/printing/keening-banshee-gvl.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Searchlight Geist](/printing/searchlight-geist-avr.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Howling Banshee](/printing/howling-banshee-gvl.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-mm3.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #117
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Bolton

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-04-14)* If the creature is the only target of the spell or ability, that spell or ability won't resolve.