---
name: "Loathsome Catoblepas"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "THS"
set_name: "Theros"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Christopher Burdett"
oracle_id: "c6f68e4b-af2b-43d5-8052-104defe7f3ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/loathsome-catoblepas-ths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Loathsome Catoblepas
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{2}{G}: This creature must be blocked this turn if able.
When this creature dies, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blight-Breath Catoblepas](/printing/blight-breath-catoblepas-thb.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Deathgazer](/printing/deathgazer-8ed.md) — Creature — Lizard
3. [Canopy Stalker](/printing/canopy-stalker-m21.md) — Creature — Cat
4. [Plague Wight](/printing/plague-wight-rna.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Dread Specter](/printing/dread-specter-mir.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Barbed-Back Wurm](/printing/barbed-back-wurm-mir.md) — Creature — Wurm

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros (THS) #95
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Christopher Burdett
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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