---
name: "Kheru Mind-Eater"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vampire"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "PZ2"
set_name: "Treasure Chest"
collector_number: "65761"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "dfea918b-5702-4c12-ba36-e6aa4ace09c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kheru-mind-eater-pz2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kheru Mind-Eater
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles a card from their hand face down.
You may look at cards exiled with this creature, and you may play lands and cast spells from among those cards.

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5. [Fiend of the Shadows](/printing/fiend-of-the-shadows-afc.md) — Creature — Vampire Wizard
6. [Bismuth Mindrender](/printing/bismuth-mindrender-m3c.md) — Creature — Eldrazi

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65761
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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