---
name: "Lesser Masticore"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Masticore"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Persist"]
set: "MH1"
set_name: "Modern Horizons"
collector_number: "225"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Wisnu Tan"
oracle_id: "a6a257bd-ee19-4246-b997-5288e6fa41e1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lesser-masticore-mh1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lesser Masticore
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Masticore
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Persist

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
{4}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Masticore](/printing/masticore-wc00.md) — Artifact Creature — Masticore
2. [Molten-Tail Masticore](/printing/molten-tail-masticore-som.md) — Artifact Creature — Masticore
3. [Argentum Masticore](/printing/argentum-masticore-one.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Masticore
4. [Sparkhunter Masticore](/printing/sparkhunter-masticore-prm.md) — Artifact Creature — Masticore
5. [Razormane Masticore](/printing/razormane-masticore-10e.md) — Artifact Creature — Masticore
6. [Chomping Mastasaur](/printing/chomping-mastasaur-ydft.md) — Creature — Dinosaur

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons (MH1) #225
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Wisnu Tan
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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