---
name: "Howler's Heavy"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Seal Pirate"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Borja Pindado"
oracle_id: "8abeaa77-d455-47e7-bf60-aefb94ab83fb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/howlers-heavy-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Howler's Heavy
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Seal Pirate
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

> *„Man braucht eine dicke Haut, um unter den Kielholern zur See zu fahren."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hampering Snare](/printing/hampering-snare-iko.md) — Instant
2. [Constricting Tendrils](/printing/constricting-tendrils-con.md) — Instant
3. [Horror of the Broken Lands](/printing/horror-of-the-broken-lands-akh.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Sandbar Serpent](/printing/sandbar-serpent-usg.md) — Creature — Serpent
5. [Gempalm Sorcerer](/printing/gempalm-sorcerer-lgn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard Sorcerer
6. [Sandbar Merfolk](/printing/sandbar-merfolk-usg.md) — Creature — Merfolk

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Borja Pindado
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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