---
name: "Makeshift Mauler"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Horror"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "James Ryman"
oracle_id: "03025ec0-75fe-439d-b0c1-9bdb0f0ff336"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/makeshift-mauler-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Makeshift Mauler
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.

> *"It always amazes me what perfectly good things people throw away."
—Ludevic, necro-alchemist*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Headless Skaab](/printing/headless-skaab-dka.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
2. [A-Cobbled Lancer](/printing/a-cobbled-lancer-vow.md) — Creature — Zombie Horse
3. [Cobbled Lancer](/printing/cobbled-lancer-vow.md) — Creature — Zombie Horse
4. [Relentless Skaabs](/printing/relentless-skaabs-ddq.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Skaab Ruinator](/printing/skaab-ruinator-isd.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
6. [Boneclad Necromancer](/printing/boneclad-necromancer-j25.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** James Ryman
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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